Pandā (guide) conducting pūjā at the spot where the maṭukī is broken

Material Information

Title:: Pandā (guide) conducting pūjā at the spot where the maṭukī is broken
Series Title:: ब्रज में उत्सव: मटुकी लीला और माखन चोरी लीला
Alternate Title:: पंदा उसी जगह पर पूजा कर रहा है जिसपर मटुकी खंडित हो गयी है
Place of Publication:: वृंदावन, भारत
Vrindavan, India
Publisher:: वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
Publication Date:: 1976-1978
Language:: English

Subjects / Keywords:: एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- बरसाना
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- بارش
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism ( LCSH )
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
Maṭukī Līlā
Mākhan Corī Līlā
मटुकी लीला
माखन चोरी लीला
Puja (Hinduism) ( LCSH )
पूजा
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Mathura District -- Barsana
Coordinates:: 27.65 x 77.38

General Note:: The IAVRI catalogue places this image in Barsānā
General Note:: IAVRI series: Festivals in Braj : Maṭukī Līlā and Mākhan Corī Līlā
General Note:: IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: मटुकी लीला और माखन चोरी लीला
General Note:: 1 colour slide
General Note:: On Bhādrapada śuklapakṣa 13 a re-enactment of the 'Dān Līlā' is held at Barsānā in a narrow passage between two hills where Kṛṣṇa is said to have intercepted Rādhā and broken the pot (maṭukī) of curd which she was carrying. Two days later, on the day of the full moon, a Līlā on the theme of Kṛṣṇa stealing butter is performed at the nearby village of Karahla, where Rās Līlā is said to have originated
General Note:: "Between January 1976 and March 1978 over 4,500 photographs were taken and subsequently classified at the Vrindaban Research Institute using a card-index system."

Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Rights Management:: All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:: FB 29.2 ( IAVRI Number )