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sitproperly on Dec 19th 2007 at 9:09 am Gaudia Vaisnava

Really cool Putana & Krishna painting!

I was wandering around Etsy.com recently and came across this great painting:

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Putana and Krishna

I’ve never been a huge fan of Indian art. Sure, some is great work and I respect it, but I have never really been able to get into it. The same goes for much of the art in ISKCON books. I understand that it needs to be fairly realistic and it definitely serves the obvious purpose. But art should be interesting and daring (or if not “should” be… “can” be).

I love seeing art about Krishna, the devotees, etc., that is a bit out there. I really enjoy Sastvarupa Maharaja’s work. I think it’s really necessary that there be devotees out there expressing their devotion in such a way.

There are a few fun ones on DeviantArt.com as well.


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And my personal favorite…

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4 responses so far

4 Responses to “Really cool Putana & Krishna painting!”

  1. RatiNo Gravatar says:
    December 19, 2007 at 11:55 am

    Beautiful Nrsimhadeva! And I love how Putana’s holding the little bottle of poison, giving a knowing little look.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    December 19th, 2007 at 10:50 pm

    Oh I know. Really beautiful. I love the Putana painting. I’m tempted to buy it. Just wish I could.

  2. ryanNo Gravatar says:
    December 20, 2007 at 8:14 pm

    So are you going to tell those of us not in the know the story the painting is referring to? :p

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    December 20th, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    ohh sorry sorry.. here’s the short of it…
    http://surrealist.org/gurukula/storymatters/krishna.html#4

    And here’s the long of it…
    http://krsnabook.com/ch6.html

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