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freely expose herself before him, arguing that only in this way can they convince him of their love. In the picture, the girls are shyly advancing while Krishna looks down at them from the tree. [Illustration] PLATE 12 _The Raising of Mount Govardhana_ Illustration to an incident from the _Bhagavata Purana_ Garhwal, Punjab Hills, c. 1790 National Museum, New Delhi With Plate 7, an example of Garhwal painting and its use of smoothly curving line. Krishna is lifting Mount Govardhana on his little finger and Nanda, the cowherds and cowgirls are sheltering underneath. The occasion is Krishna's slight to Indra, king of the gods and lord of the clouds, whose worship he has persuaded the cowherds to abandon. Incensed at Krishna's action, Indra has retaliated by sending storms of rain. In the picture, Indra, a tiny figure mounted on a white elephant careers across the sky, goading the clouds to fall in torrents. Lightning flickers wildly and on Govardhana itself, the torn and shattered trees bespeak the gale's havoc. Below all is calm as the cowherds acclaim Krishna's power. [Illustration] PLATE 13 _Krishna with his Favourite after leaving the Dance_ Illustration to the _Bhagavala Purana_ Kangra, Punjab Hills, c. 1790 J.K. Mody collection, Bombay Besides Purkhu, at least two other master-artists worked at Kangra towards the end of the eighteenth century--one, responsible for the present picture and Plates 14 and 15, being still unknown. He is here referred to as 'the master of the moonlight' on account of his special preoccupation with moonlight effects. The present picture shows Krishna and a girl standing by an inlet of the River Jumna. The girl is later to be identified as Radha but in the _Bhagavata Purana_ she is merely referred to as one who has been particularly favoured, her actual name being suppressed. The moment is some time after they have left the circular dance and before their sudden separation. Krishna, whose hand rests on the girl's shoulder, is urging her forward but the girl is weary and begs him to carry her. The incident illustrates one of the vicissitudes in Radha and Krishna's romance and was later to be endowed with deep religious meaning. [Illustration] PLATE 14 _Krishna's Favourite deserted_ Illustration to the _Bhagavata Purana_ Kangra, Punjab Hills, c. 1790 National Museum, New Delhi From the same series as Plates 13 and 15 by 'the master of the moo
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