#yamuna #vrindavan #ghat #krishna #krishnatemple #radha #gopi – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:26:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #yamuna #vrindavan #ghat #krishna #krishnatemple #radha #gopi – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 The importance of River Yamuna in Vrindavan https://ranasafvi.com/the-importance-of-river-yamuna-in-vrindavan/ https://ranasafvi.com/the-importance-of-river-yamuna-in-vrindavan/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:26:01 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38507

On a recent trip to Vrindavan I was struck by the tell tale signs of a receding Yamuna. I could see small pavilions on the opposite side of the road from Yamuna river which must have been the entry points to the ghat. In a few places these burjis were surrounded by some water.
River fronts are a very significant site of architectural and religious heritage.
Yamuna is revered as a goddess as the daughter of Surya and sister of Yama (god of death) she is linked with the forces of both life and death.
Her role in Krishna mythology makes her even more important. The baby Krishna was saved by his father transporting him on a dark stormy night, where the river calmed herself to facilitate the journey.
The image in the post is curious because of the fountain.
Sushant Bharti tells me the fountain was added later as part of renovations

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It was not unusual for the resident British of nineteenth-century Delhi to buy ruined or abandoned Mughal or Sultanate buildings and monuments, which they then converted from their original functions to habitable spaces. This painting illustrates the conversion of a hammam (bath house) into a living room, complete with a piano or harpsichord, a bench, and an assortment of glass bottles and other objects. The white floor inlaid with flower motifs resembles that of the hammam at the Red Fort in Delhi, where a British national had been installed by the early nineteenth century.

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Gallery Text :

It was not unusual for the resident British of nineteenth-century Delhi to buy ruined or abandoned Mughal or Sultanate buildings and monuments, which they then converted from their original functions to habitable spaces. This painting illustrates the conversion of a hammam (bath house) into a living room, complete with a piano or harpsichord, a bench, and an assortment of glass bottles and other objects. The white floor inlaid with flower motifs resembles that of the hammam at the Red Fort in Delhi, where a British national had been installed by the early nineteenth century.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453350

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