Priests before Shri Nathji, ca. 1820, India (Rajasthan, Kota), Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper, 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm), Paintings, The temple at Nathdvara, north of Udaipur in Rajasthan, houses an image of Krishna from Mathura, a town near the birthplace of the god. Its priests feared the extreme Muslim orthodoxy of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and intended to take the sculpture to Udaipur, the capital of Mewar
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Priests, Shri Nathji, ca, 1820, India, Rajasthan, Kota, Ink, gold, opaque watercolor, paper, 9 x 7, 22.9 17.8 cm, Paintings, temple, Nathdvara, north, Udaipur, houses, image, Krishna, Mathura, town, birthplace, god, priests feared, extreme Muslim, orthodoxy, Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb, intended, take, sculpture, capital, Mewar
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