Shrinath Ji: Pichwais: the Manifestation of Pushtimarg

By Anu Julka

This book is about the Pichwai paintings, which have been in practice for the last three hundred years in Vallabhacharya Sect temples of Lord Krishna. These paintings portray Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna as a child is shown in different moods, attires, and postures. Painting Pichwai is an ancient form of art passed on from generation to generation, and it has a devotional theme toward Lord Krishna.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Oct 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781482822854

Anu Julka

Anu Julka basically belongs to North India. She was born to a Hindu Kshatriya family in Punjab. She spent her childhood there. She received Bachelor of Information Technology (IT) , Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Punjab Technical University and M.A(English) M.A(Hindi) from Lovely Professional University India. In 2008 she got an opportunity to do research on Pichwai Paintings with a prestigious college of Punjab. The experiences during the research work brought tremendous changes in her life, which motivated her to write this book. Author can be reached at [e-mail]

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Shrinath Ji

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Pichwais:

The Manifestation Of Pushtimarg

Anu Julka

Contents

1.   Hinduism And Paintings

2.   Pichwai

3.   Pushtimarg

4.   ShriNath Ji

5.   Darshan at Temple

6.   Nathdwara

7.   Krishna

•   Being Krishna

•   Blue Colour’s significance

•   Lord Krishna and Peacock Feather

•   Moon and Lord Krishna Paintings

•   Krishna And His Flute

•   Kadamba Tree

•   LOTUS FLOWER

•   Radha

•   Yamuna Ji

8.   Pichwai Paintings

•   Gangaur Utsav Pichwai

•   Cheer Haran

•   NandMahotsav

•   Saat Sawroop

•   Saanjhi

•   Sharad Poornima

•   Maharasa Leela on Sharad Poornima

•   Mount Goverdhan Pichwai

•   Annakut

•   Gopashtami

•   Dana Leela

•   HOLI The Festival of Colors

9.   Colors and Techniques of Making Pichwai

10.   Artists Of Nathdwara

11.   Exclusive paintings of various artists of Nathdwara and Udaipur

•   Gopashtami Pichwai

•   Annakut Utsav

•   ‘Playful Gifts and other Gopi Scenes’, ‘Pichwai’ from Golconda(India)

•   Krishna As Shrinath-Ji Fluting To The Cows And Gopis Pichwai Temple Painting

•   Pichwai At The British Museum

•   A Miniature Painting

•   Procession

•   Annkut Pichwai

•   Gopashtami Pichwai

•   MahaRasa Pichwai

•   Sandhya Aarti

•   Sehra Shringar

•   Giri Kandhraa

•   MahaRasa Leela

•   An Antique Pichwai

•   Morakuti

•   Morakuti

•   Kamal Pichwai

•   Some Artists of Nathdwara

•   Lord Krishna tells Arjuna:

•   Krishna is My Best Friend

12.   References

A painting is equal to thousand words, means a beautiful painting is says million of words.

Painting reveals mixed feelings. Painting plays on the instrument of feelings.

Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.

Orphan Pamuk

Painting is the colourful language of culture and religion.

A Note of Gratitude

Jai GuruDev

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H.H.Shri RaviShankar Ji

No words can match my gratitude towards my spiritual master, my Guru H.H.Shri Ravishankar Ji. Guru Ji you have shaped my attitude towards life and nurtured me with divine light.

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Acknowledgements

The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.

Bhagavad-Gita

First of all I thank God for the amazing opportunity placed before me and gave the courage to write about his Leelas. I thank God for the grace and for blessing me much more than I deserve.

This book is about the Painting Tradition in Pushtimarg. Pushtimarg is the path of pure devotion. Pichwais are the lyrical manifestation of Pushtimarg. Lord Krishna’s pastimes (Leelas) are depicted through these paintings. The journey of writing the text is long and full of experiences.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to many people who saw me through this book; to everybody who provided support, discussed things over, read, wrote, offered comments, suggestions, allowed me to quote their remarks and assisted in the editing and design.

Nelson.C.Cortez and Ann Minoza (Partridge Publication) thanks a lot for guiding me to publish this book. Above all I want to thank my husband Raman Julka who supported me all the way. My sincere thanks to my brother Alok Sanadhya of Nathdwara, whom I met during the initial days of this journey. He supported me and encouraged me to complete this book. It was long and difficult but interesting journey. It was wonderful experience to write this book. My sincere gratitude to my spiritual teacher Gaurav Verma who has always been there for me.

I would like to thank Artist Ghanshayam Gagoria, Raghunandan Sharma, Vishnu Sharma for supporting me. My sincere gratitude to Artist Raja Ram Sharma of Udaipur and his family for their unconditional love and support in the process of selection and editing . My heartfelt thanks to National Award Winner Miniature Artist Sh. Rewa Shankar Sharma of (UdaipurRajasthan) for his support. A very sincere thanks to Advocate Pardeep Paliwal of Udaipur for his co-operation. I extend my thanks to the local people of Nathdwara who welcomed me and helped me all the way they can.

Last but not the least: I beg forgiveness of all those who have been with me over the course of time span of five years and whose names I have failed to mention.

Anu Julka

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Abstract

India is a land of festivals, vibrant colors, enthuisiaism, art and folk art. Indian culture is one of the oldest cultures known to humanity. There is a strong influence of Indian art and architecture as well in the society of India. Folk art holds a specific place in Indian society. Paintings are an important aspect of India’s rich culture. Paintings in India are characterized by color, moods and lifestyles.

The paintings in India hold a scared place in Indian religion. The religious activities and experiences can be seen in the form of paintings in temples which illustrate the rituals and culture of that ancient period. The most popular and famous paintings illustrate various forms of Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha, Lord Shiva with Parvati, Lord Rama And Sita, Lord Ganesha, Goddess Durga . The most popular topics of paintings on the walls of temples are from the Indian epics like The Mahabharta, The Ramayana etc.

Painting in India is believed to be conceived in India before 5500 B.C. Painting in India represents a blend of cultures. Various cultures have contributed painting as an art from India. Thus, we have various kind of painting styles in Indian art. Miniature painting holds a very auspicious place in the Indian painting art. Then we have Madhubani which is also very