Krishna Blue Wall Art

Krishna Blue — 48 museum-grade prints in this palette. Kaliya Mardana is one of the most-painted Krishna leelas: the boy Krishna leaps into the Yamuna to subdue the venom-poisoned serpent Kaliya, dancing on its many hoods until it submits and its Naga-wives plead for mercy. Cheriyal scrolls come from Cheriyal village in Telangana's Siddipet district, painted for generations by the Nakashi artist community on a signature red ground and unrolled by travelling balladeers who sang the Krishna leelas to village audiences. Makhan Chor — the butter-thief — is the most affectionate of the Krishna childhood leelas: the infant Krishna and his friends raid the hanging butter pots of Gokul, building human ladders to reach them, while Yashoda chases after with mock anger. Cheriyal scrolls come from Cheriyal village in Telangana's Siddipet district, painted for generations by the Nakashi artist community on a signature red ground and unrolled by travelling balladeers who sang the Krishna leelas to village audiences. The rasa lila is Krishna's circle dance with the gopis of Vraja on an autumn full-moon night, in which he multiplies himself so that each gopi dances with him alone — the central image of bhakti devotion to Krishna. Cheriyal scrolls come from Cheriyal village in Telangana's Siddipet district, painted for generations by the Nakashi artist community on a signature red ground and unrolled by travelling balladeers who sang the Krishna leelas to village audiences.

Updated 22 Jun 2026