A picchvai for the Annakuta Festival
A picchvai for the Annakuta Festival

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A picchvai for the Annakuta Festival
India, Rajasthan, late 19th century
Opaque and gold pigments on textile
56 x 36¼ in. (142 x 92 cm.)

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The festival of Annakuta, also known as Govardhana Puja, is celebrated during the month of Kartika (between October and November), on the day after Diwali. During this festival, devotees offer an enormous quantity of prasada (blessed food) to Govardhan Hill, and models of the mountain are made from cow dung.

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