Every Holi, I make it a point to make a painting of Lord Krishna in some form. Pichwai is an art form (on paper or cloth) that narrates tales from Krishna’s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The town Nathdwara in Rajasthan is famous for its pichwai paintings. Ever since i visited the Nathdwara temple last December, i have been wanting to make a painting of the deity there, a 7 yr old Krishna named Shrinathji. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today morning (It’s holi today), when the kids got dirty playing with the colours, I too started playing with my version of colours. And, this painting is the result of that play \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you happen to see any painting of Shrinathji, you will notice a sparkling diamond on his chin. There is a very interesting story about that diamond. Go ahead, google and find out the story \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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