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A painted wall mural in a palace interior with a red border, showing Krishna in blue skin with a crown and yellow dhoti, lifting a mountain overhead as rain falls. Below, cattle and seated villagers in white dhotis and orange-red turbans and cloths shelter under the raised mountain; two standing figures with bare torsos and white dhotis face the scene with hands folded. Faded paint and weathered plaster are visible.

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A painted mural on a wooden wall within a red-bordered frame depicts a scene of a blue-skinned deity figure lifting a large mountain overhead above a crowd of people and cattle sheltering in rain. The deity wears a yellow dhoti, a gold crown and beaded necklaces. Around him, devotees in white dhotis sit on the ground with cows, while two bare-chested figures with folded hands stand at the sides, and rain streaks across the dark painted sky.2006-11-10A framed mural painted on a wall inside an old palace, showing a scene from a traditional story. A small blue-skinned child figure with a crown and yellow dhoti stands centre, holding hands with a woman in a blue and white sari and a man in a golden yellow dhoti wearing a tall gold crown. Behind them a row of women in long white and yellow garments stands in a line, and to the left a line of men in white dhotis and bare torsos stands in another panel. The painting has a red-brown border, a dusky orange and grey sky and a darkened background. No living people are visible.2006-11-10A painted artwork framed in a dark wooden border, showing a bare-chested man with a short beard and white dhoti holding a small vessel or bowl overhead while standing waist-deep in turbulent, wave-tossed water. A large multi-headed white and gold-banded cobra with a raised hood wraps around him and rises behind him. Heavy rain streaks the dark stormy sky, with lightning bolts and two flying figures in white near the top. The figure is an illustrated painted figure, not a clearly identified person, so no identity is asserted.2006-11-10A large framed painting in a brown wooden frame depicts an outdoor woodland scene with blue mountains, a river and tall trees under a pale sky. A blue-skinned figure with a tall golden crown and a garland stands at centre, hand raised, with a second crowned figure in green and gold armour and a sword to the right. Five men in orange dhotis with gold belts and pearl necklaces stand on the left, and two men in white dhotis with drums stand at far right. The painted figures are artwork, not physical people.2006-11-10A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a thick gold necklace stands at right, long dark hair swept back, pointing up toward a wall of large painted panels. Beside him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a white sacred thread looks on. At far right a partly visible man in white gestures toward the paintings. The mural panels depict Hindu epic scenes: a figure with a golden crown and blue skin embraced by a forest-dwelling pair in a cave, a bow-wielding blue-skinned hero with a winged attendant beside a palace, and a group of figures in saffron dhotis before a thatched hut. Warm orange drapery and pillars frame the left edge.2006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10A painted mural panel on a palace wall shows a scene from Krishna's childhood. A woman in a green blouse and red-pink skirt with gold waistband kneels and holds the hand of a young blue-skinned boy with a peacock-feather crown, who stands in front of her. Beside him, a small child with a necklace and gold anklets stands with arms folded. Two naked children play near an arched doorway on the right, and two more run along the left side. Arched windows and a gray wall with gold trim frame the scene, with trees visible through the open doorway. Gold and red borders surround the panel. No physical people are present in the photograph itself.2006-11-10A painted mural in a palace hall depicts a royal court scene. A blue-skinned figure with a tall golden crown, pearl necklaces and a garland stands at right holding a sword, flanked by attendants in golden crowns and yellow dhotis. At center a figure in a teal bodice and gold belt raises an arm, while a seated king in a golden-framed throne with red drapery watches. Red swagged curtains hang above and courtiers in crowns and gold jewellery fill the background. No physical people are visible; the subjects are painted figures.2006-11-10A painted mural on a wooden frame shows a child figure with blue skin standing on the coils of a large multi-headed cobra in turbulent blue water. Two women in traditional dress stand in the water and on the shore, holding offering plates with yellow and red items. The background shows a shoreline, green vegetation, and distant hills under a pale sky. The figure wears a small crown and a white loincloth. The mural is a painted artwork, not a living scene, and no physical people are present.2006-11-10A framed painted panel mounted on a wall in an interior, below a fluorescent tube light. The painting shows a multi-armed deity in gold crown and gold garments holding objects in several hands, inside a pale circular halo. Beside it, several figures with gold crowns and a dark cow stand on a light ground; a bare-chested devotee in white cloth stands at right. At lower left, two kneeling figures tend a small offering or pot. Blue-grey and gold tones dominate. Devanagari script text is visible on the wall panels to either side. Only painted figures appear, so no physical people are present.2006-01-07A painted mural panel in a palace interior showing a blue-skinned child deity with a green-tipped crown reaching up to a hanging pot-bundle, while two smaller naked boys reach upward and a third boy bends forward on his hands in the foreground. Terracotta and brass pots sit on the floor and on a wall shelf, with a gold-framed mirror on the left and a dark wooden beamed ceiling above. The painted scene, not real people, makes up the composition.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09