Krishna Watches the Milkmaids Circumambulating a Sacred Tree: the Month of Jyestha (May–June), from a Baramasa (The Twelve Months), c. 1760. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera on paper; page: x 21 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.). On the day of Jyestha Purnima, having fasted for three days, married women worship the banyan tree by circumambulating it. The goal of this ritual is to ask for a long life for their husbands. The milkmaids (gopis), having already accepted Krishna as their supreme master, are praying for his well-being, while he observed the ritual from
Krishna Watches the Milkmaids Circumambulating a Sacred Tree: the Month of Jyestha (May–June), from a Baramasa (The Twelve Months), c. 1760. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera on paper; page: x 21 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.). On the day of Jyestha Purnima, having fasted for three days, married women worship the banyan tree by circumambulating it. The goal of this ritual is to ask for a long life for their husbands. The milkmaids (gopis), having already accepted Krishna as their supreme master, are praying for his well-being, while he observed the ritual from behind the plantains.
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