On the banks of River Yamuna, amidst thick trees trying to overshadow the peeping blue sky, sits the lord himself in all his glory. One of the most familiar images in all Indian art is that of Krishna playing the flute. The blue bodied god wears a yellow lower garment (pitamber), true to his iconic representation. Jewellery decorates all parts of his body. The dazzling beauty of the crown matches that of Krishna's persona.
Sitting on a rock beside the Yamuna, he holds the flute horizontally besides his chin. He, however, does not play upon it to please the cows as other cowherds do, but to charm the gopis or the cowherdesses. Metaphorically, he is the supreme bring, the great soul, into which the individual soul (atma) represented by the gopis will merge, drawn by the enchanting magic of his flute.
So brilliant are the colours, so graceful and refined are the gestures, movements and expression brought out in batik, that it's one of the best works ever by Harikrishen, the creator of this artwork.
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