kailasanath:

hinducosmos:

Krishna playing the flute and dancing with the milkmaids
approx. 1700-1900. Southern India. Materials: bronze.
(via Asian Art Museum)

Rāsa LīlāŚri Kṛṣṇa dancing with the Gopīs

The similarity with Naṭarāja
/ Naṭeśwara iconography is striking – as it were a classic Śaivite iconic theme
adapted to Vaiṣnavite statuary