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Images from the Bhagavad-Gita, Image 28 of 40, Radha and Krishna swinging

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Radha and Krishna swinging
Illustration to the musical mode. Hindola Raga ('the swinging music') Malwa, Middle India, c. 1750 Victoria and Albert Museum, London

A poem celebrating one of the main modes of Indian music is here represented by Radha and Krishna seated on a swing. The mode itself is called 'the swinging music' which was symbolical of love-making.

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