Krishna and Radha Celebrating Holi with the Gopis (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series

The recto side of this folio features Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, celebrating Holi with a group of gopis (milkmaids). Holi, known as the “festival of colors”, is a Hindu holiday that celebrates victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. To celebrate, people throw colors at each other in the form of dried powder or water sprays. Rajput Style, Marwar School.