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| Keywords: Nathdwara srinathji.jpg en Gouache painting on paper from Nathdwara representing the autumn Annakuta Festival This annual festival is observed by donating a mountain of food usually rice to the temple to symbolise the moment Krishna lifted Mount Govardhan to protect his villagers In Nathdwara the food is then given to the Bhils the tribal peoples living in Mewar The left arm of the god Srinathji a form of Kṛṣṇa is raised and the murti idol is positioned in front of a picchvai decorated with a stylised floral pattern Two priests attend the god positioned on either side of the offering http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 233419 partid 1 searchText Krishna fromADBC ad toADBC ad numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 10 Author 18th century late PD-art Shrinathji Rajasthan style | ||||
