TANJORE PAINTING _AALILAI KRISHNA

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                            "KARAARA VINDHEENA PADHAARA VINDHAM
                             MUGHAARA VINDHE VINIVE SAYANDHAM
                             VADASYA PATRASYA PUDE SAYAANAM
                              BAALAM MUKUNDHAM MANASAA SMARAAMI "

                             Let us salute wholeheartedly the BalaMukundha lying on the
                             Banyan leaf with his lotus like foot held in his lotus like hands
                             close to his radiant face.....

                             Little Krishna lying on an Aalilai is a very famous Tanjore Painting
                             And I have had the pleasure of portraying Sri Krishna in this form
                             many a times...and mind it-every time it was a pleasant and happy
                             experience to paint the  bejewelled Baby- Krishna lying on
                             a  gem  encrusted  Banyan leaf...