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The 19th-century Vaishnava temples of Sui and Burj are adorned with paintings illustrating episodes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, Krishna Leela, and other epics. Such temples are found scattered across the Jammu area of Kashmir.

The paintings offer a vivid glimpse into Jammu society of the period. They cover a range of subjects, from war and palace life to the smallest details, such as the type of utensils used, prevalent architectural designs, and garments in vogue.

These works belong to the Pahari school of art, which flourished in the foothills of the western Himalayas from the 17th to 19th century. Different types of minerals, oils and semi-precious stones were used to make the colours to paint the walls. Layers of lime plaster were applied on the wall before the paintings were made.

From the article ‘Mural Paintings from Jammu: Sui and Burj Temples’ by Navjot Kour.

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A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

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Krishna and Radha

Becharam Das Dutta

dated equivalent to July 20, 1856

"Krishna is represented here as the flute playing Lord, Venugopal, charming his lover the gopi (cow-maid) Radha with sweet music. The lovers are seen standing together on a golden dais in an interior framed by drawn curtains, a setting somewhat suggestive of stage and photographic studio settings. A pair of gopis attend them. This much favored subject is more typically situated in a forest glade, the setting for Krishna and Radha’s tryst. The romantic encounter of the divine Krishna and the mortal cow-maid fueled Vaishnava devotional texts, especially in the early modern period. Bengal experienced a renaissance of devotional literature from the 15th century onwards that celebrated this expression of divine passion, the writings in turn finding expression in a variety of visual art forms."

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Bishnupur (the city of God Vishnu), was the capital of the Malla dynasty of eastern India. They were ardent followers of Vaishnavism, and the temples of Bishnupur were instrumental in consolidating the Gaudiya Vaishnava community of Bengal. The Shyama Raya Temple in the photograph above, was built by the Malla king, Raghunath Singh.  The Gaudiya Vaishnava devotional movement emerged under the guidance of a popular Bengali saint, Chaitanya, who expressed the importance of a personal and intimate relation (Bhakti) with the main  deity of the tradition, God Krishna.

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Shree Narayan is my Home and my Homie

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Puri, Shri Jagannath Devasathnam

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on the banks of Gaṅgā

you held me all night, my Lord unseen to the eye, your grace, a lover's touch, wrapped my skin unheard to the ears, your name, my japa, vibrated through my braincells

Monsoon One, do you long for me as fully as i long for you? do you call on me as ardently as i call on you? you do, don't you, my Lord? i am not alone in this quest

for every step i take towards you, you take two towards me for every tear i spill in yearning for you, you ignite vīrya in my skin tissue for every test of yours that i fail, you yank me freer of delusion

i see it now, Hari. you have been pulling me by my hair and hands to you. it was all you. it was always all you.

if i run to you as fast as my legs can take me, will you meet me halfway?

you will, won't you, my Lord?

🦚 Happy Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī! 🙏 poem from my upcoming collection "the Monsoon One and the pilgrim". 💛

photo: Rishikesh, October 2022.

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