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Krishna Slays Bakasura, the Crane Demon: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Artist | Anonymous |
Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Temporal Coverage | Between 1800 and 1825 |
Description | The gopas (cowherds) of Brindavan were drinKing at a tank when they were suddenly disrupted by Bakasura, a demon sent by Kamsa to kill Krishna. The demon swallows the god but is quickly forced by the intense heat in its throat to disgorge him. Krishna then grabs Bakasura’s beak and breaks it in two. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
Subject Keyword | Bakasura Crane Demon Krishna Painting Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |