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Jyoti Bhatt

Woman Decorates a Bullock for a Govradhan Festival, 1989

Description

Maker

  • Jyoti Bhatt, b. 1934, Indian

Title

Woman Decorates a Bullock for a Govradhan Festival

Year

1989

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Sheet: 21.3 x 29.8 cm (8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Museum Purchase: gift of Dr. and Mrs. William G. Tsiaras

Object Number

2018.21.1

About

This photograph captures one of the Govardhan festival rituals. During this celebration it is auspicious to bathe and decorate cows and bulls, as they are beloved by Krishna, a major Hindu deity. Fearing longstanding folk traditions and customs would be lost in the rapid urbanization of India, Jyoti Bhatt devoted 25 years to photographing these makers and their art.

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Modern and Contemporary Galleries

This photograph captures one of the Govardhan festival rituals. During this celebration it is auspicious to bathe and decorate cows and bulls, as they are beloved by Krishna, a major Hindu deity. Fearing longstanding folk traditions and customs would be lost in the rapid urbanization of India, Jyoti Bhatt devoted 25 years to photographing these makers and their art.

Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries

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