Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan
كريشنا يرفع جبل غوفاردان
"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivams; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 28.63.1.
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A Mughal page from the Hamzanama: Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan to shelter the villagers, Pakistan; about 1590–1595, from the reign of Akbar. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1
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