Hindola Raga
1795
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1795
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Hindola Raga is a 1795 unspecified by Unknown, a Mughal Painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see Krishna and Radha swinging together in a garden, surrounded by musicians and dancers. Bright greens and pinks fill the scene, with flowers and trees framing the couple. This painting was part of a set tied to music. Each *raga*—a type of musical mode—had its own image. The *Hindola Raga* was meant to evoke the feeling of young love in spring. The artist used bold colors and patterns to bring the scene to life. To see more like this, look up Pahari kingdoms.
To celebrate the coming of spring, Krishna sits on a swing with his beloved Radha as their companions, the cowherd boys and milkmaids, play music, dance, admire the idyllic couple, and keep their swing gently in motion. In Sanskrit, hindola means swing, and this painting belonged to a set of ragas , which are paintings associated with a musical mode. Music played in the Hindola Raga elicits the fever of young love in springtime. Radha and Krishna represent the ideal of a young couple in love.
The word hindola means "swing" in Sanskrit.
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