Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Gopis ca. 1875-80 India A popular episode from the story of Krishnas youthful years at Vrindavan, known as Gopi Vastraharana (‘theft of the gopis clothes), recounts his playful theft of the clothes of the female cowherds, the gopis, who had left their clothes on the Yamuna River bank while bathing. Krishna placed them high in the branches of a tree, in which he is seen perched, daring the gopis to venture from the water. Metaphorically, this story serves to convey the power of devotion, to stand vulnerable before ones God, secure in the power of bhakti, the unquestioning devotion to ones god.. Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Gopis. India. ca. 1875-80. Color lithorgraph, varnish. Prints

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Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Gopis ca. 1875-80 India A popular episode from the story of Krishnas youthful years at Vrindavan, known as Gopi Vastraharana (‘theft of the gopis clothes), recounts his playful theft of the clothes of the female cowherds, the gopis, who had left their clothes on the Yamuna River bank while bathing. Krishna placed them high in the branches of a tree, in which he is seen perched, daring the gopis to venture from the water. Metaphorically, this story serves to convey the power of devotion, to stand vulnerable before ones God, secure in the power of bhakti, the unquestioning devotion to ones god.. Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Gopis. India. ca. 1875-80. Color lithorgraph, varnish. Prints

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