WOODEN KRISHNA IDOL Provenance:Uttar Pradesh - India The depiction on this panel

The depiction on this panel is called Ravananugraha (form showing favour to Ravana)

Lord Shiva is always depicted wearing a Snake on his neck

This wooden panel from Gujarat was once a part of a haveli (traditional mansion) and was used as a decorative piece

The art of carving wooden Krishna idols has a long-standing history in India

He is the divine spirit or Daiyva of a male warrior and a cultural hero worshipped as a part of Bhuta Kola

WOODEN KRISHNA IDOL Provenance:Uttar Pradesh - India The depiction on this panelWOODEN KRISHNA IDOL Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu, is one of the most popular and loved deities of Hinduism. Hindu iconography depicts Krishna with dark or blue skin, wearing a peacock feather in his crown and playing a flute. He is sometimes also shown with cows and in some cases in his romantic form with gopis (milkmaids). Krishna is the central character in Bhagavad Gita, the sacred scripture of Hindus. Krishnas childhood and youth