A Festival of Krishna
Prof. Harsha V. Dehejia
This journey is a festival of heart throbbing love and pulsating romance, of tender moments of longing and belonging and ultimately of listening to the flute of Krishna within oneself for that is where the journey ends.
Hardback | 9.5" x 11.5" (241mm x 292mm) | 418 pp
Accompanied by a DVD movie
ISBN 9788174365125
About this book
Harsha
V.
Dehejia, takes us on a journey of the loves of
Krishna, his
lilas, kridas and his madhurya and above all the rasa
lila. But
Krishna is not only for the royalty and the nobility, he belongs to the people, the potter and the puppeteer, the bride and the mother for he is celebrated at village fairs and in chowks. Equally the modern artist does not remain untouched by the magic of
Krishna and depicts him on his palette. This journey is a festival of heart throbbing love and pulsating romance, of tender moments of longing and belonging and ultimately of listening to the flute of
Krishna within oneself for that is where the journey ends.
In the film on
DVD
Ateleliers of Love
Harsha
V.
Dehejia takes us on an enchanting journey of discovering the patrons and the palaces where Krishna paintings were made and where even today when the wind blows through the Kadamba tree we hear
Krishna’s flute. We see the palaces of Mandu where we hear the foot
falls of
Baz Banadur and
Rupa
Mati, the forts of Kangra where
Sansar
Chand’s footprints are still seen and visit the enchanted environs of Kishangarh where we hear the hushed voices of Savant Singh and Bani Thani. And as the journey ends we are privy to some of the most glorious moments of five magnificent centuries of
Krishna painting.
About the author
Harsha
V.
Dehejia has a double doctorate, one is Medicine and the other in Ancient Indian Culture, both in
Mumbai
University. He is also a member, by examination, of the Royal College of Physicians of
Glasgow,
London and
Canada. He is Professor of Indian Studies at
Carleton
University in
Ottawa. His publications include Advaita of Art, Parvatidarpana, Despair and Modernity, Leaves of a Pipal Tree and Gods Beyond Temples; Parvati, Goddess of Love, The Flute and the Lotus: Romantic Moments in Indian Poetry and Painting and Celebrating Krishna: Sacred Words and Sensuous Images; A Celebration of Love, The Romantic Heroine in the Indian Arts.
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