Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila, from a Bhagavata Purana
The image depicts a scene from the Bhagavata Purana, specifically "Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila". The painting is rectangular with an orange border. Inside the border, the scene shows four people and several plants on a yellow background. The person on the left wears a pink outfit and cap and carries a stick. The person on the far right wears a pink and green outfit and carries a pink pot on their head. The person second from the right wears a green and white outfit and carries a pink pot on their head. The person in the center wears a blue and yellow outfit and touches the raised hand of the person second from the right. The person second from the right touches the blue person's hand with their left hand and holds their stomach with their right hand. The blue person touches the second person's hand with their right hand. The background includes a blue sky at the top, yellow ground, several green plants with purple flowers, and two green bushes. The blue person stands in front of a red rectangle.
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- 900 × 673 px
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