Kangra Pahari Bala Krishna Yashoda Art Handmade Indian Miniature Ethnic Painting

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Bala Krishna wants the Moon

  • Subject: Kangra Pahari Miniature Art
  • Paint Material: Opaque stone & gold colors
  • Base Material: Handmade Paper (unframed)
  • Size: 6 in. wide and 9 in. tall (15 cms X 23 cms)
  • Age: Modern Handmade Art
  • Country of origin: India
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Add a festive touch to your home with the beauty of this exquisitely detailed & stunningly beautiful handmade miniature art made in the style of the Kangra Pahari school. 

Kangra painting is the pictorial art of Kangra, named after Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, a former princely state, which patronized the art. Pahari paintings, as the name suggests, were paintings executed in the hilly regions of India, in the sub-Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. It is in the development and modification of Pahari paintings, that the Kangra School features. Kangra paintings belong to the school of Pahari paintings that were patronized by the Rajput rulers between the 17th and 19th centuries.

The striking feature of Kangra paintings is the verdant greenery it depicts. The style is naturalistic, and great attention is paid to detail. The Kangra paintings feature flowering plants and creepers, leafless trees, rivulets and brooks. The Kangra painters employed cool and fresh colors and with the lyrical blending of form and color.

The focal theme of Kangra painting and the subjects seen in Kangra painting exhibit the taste and the traits of the life style of the society of that period. The story of Krishna which was the main source of spiritual experience, portrayed incidents from the life of the young Krishna, against the Brindavan forest or river Yamuna.

In the miniature featured here, the boy Krishna is demanding the Moon. His mother Yashoda solved the problem for her child by offering him the the shadow of moon captured in a pot full of water, while pointing beyond him at the moon in the sky. 

Fill your world with beauty and wonder with this exceptional Kangra Pahari artwork. Buy it today.