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ENGINE, 6 Ps, LORD KRISHNA MATCH & PLYWOOD FACTORY, THIRUVILLAMALA, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [26.363.005]
Fig. 06: Lord Krishna endorsing Sunlight soap. 1932 Calendar. Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Lord Krishna endorsing Sunlight soap. 1932 Calendar. Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi
Ravidas: Mending shoes and lost in thought. Printer/publisher: Not known. Purchased on the roadside in Banaras. In this richly detailed poster, Ravidas holds his prayer beads in one hand, the tools of his cobber trade placed next to him alongside some shoes waiting possibly to be mended. The syllable "om" is inscribed on the anvil, while the book lying next to him bears the image of Lord Krishna.
Ravidas: Mending shoes and lost in thought. Printer/publisher: Not known. Purchased/Received from: Purchased on the roadside in Banaras. Copyright: Not Mentioned. Details: In this richly detailed poster, Ravidas holds his prayer beads in one hand, the tools of his cobber trade placed next to him alongside some shoes waiting possibly to be mended. The syllable "om" is inscribed on the anvil, while the book lying next to him bears the image of Lord Krishna. The background is a rich pastoral scene with a flowing river, mountains, and a peaceful deer. The panels at the top of the poster show miracle stories associated with Ravidas. In this poster, Ravidas appears lost in thought. The halo around his head carries the following inscription in Hindi: man changa toh kathoti mein ganga. A hand bearing a bangle appears from the small container in front of him.
Ravidas: Mending shoes, lost in thought. Printer/publisher: Not known. Purchased/Received from a book shop in Khanna. Ravidas is shown mending or making shoes outside his hut whose outside wall shows an image of Lord Krishna. The three inset images depict miracle stories associated with Ravidas.
Ravidas: Mending shoes, lost in thought. Printer/publisher: Not known. Purchased/Received from: From a book shop in Khanna Copyright: Not Mentioned. Details: Ravidas is shown mending or making shoes outside his hut whose outside wall shows an image of Lord Krishna. The three inset images depict miracle stories associated with Ravidas. Ravidas appears lost in thought while working on his job as a cobbler.
Untitled. Publication information not known, circa 1922 Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi. Lisa Trivedi has shown that a black-and-white version of this print graced the cover of a Gandhian publication in 1922 (Trivedi, Lisa. 2003. Visually Mapping the Nation: Swadeshi Politics in Nationalist India, 1920-1930. Journal of Asian Studies 62 (1):11-41; see pp. 17-18). Note the fact that the flag shown in this print is fairly close to Gandhi’s design (originally created by one of his followers Venkayya and adopted in 1921) although the latter had a purple spinning wheel. According to Gandhi, “the weakest numerically occupy the first place, the Islamic colour comes next, the Hindu colour comes last, the idea being that the strongest should act as a shield to the weakest." (Quoted in Singh, K. V. 1991. Our National Flag. New Delhi: Publications Division, Government of India, p. 37. Compare this figure with figure 30 where Lord Krishna is shown blessing the Gandhian spinning project.
Fig.88: A restaurant near Chaganassery where Sree Narayana Gurus image (painted and framed) is placed alongside images of Jesus Christ and Lord Krishna, Kottayam, January 2007. Photograph by author.
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Fig. 21: A 1939 calendar and advertisement for an English company, Burmah Shell, “oil storage and distribution company,” and its agents in Jodhpur, Moolchand Bahetti and Co. (In 1976 Burmah Shell was nationalized and became a public sector undertaking, now called Bharat Petroleum.) The picture shows Lord Krishna with the black snake Kaliya, in a scene usually described as Kaliya-mardan, Krishna punishing the snake Kaliya, also the subject of a 1919 film by Dadasaheb Phalke.
Fig. 16: A 1939 calendar and advertisement for an English company, Burmah Shell, “oil storage and distribution company,” and its agents in Jodhpur, Moolchand Bahetti and Co. (In 1976 Burmah Shell was nationalized and became a public sector undertaking, now called Bharat Petroleum.) The picture shows Lord Krishna with the black snake Kaliya, in a scene usually described as Kaliya-mardan, Krishna punishing the snake Kaliya, also the subject of a 1919 film by Dadasaheb Phalke.
Fig. 12: Another similar portrait of Lord Krishna, in a poster calendar of N.V. Shunmugam & Co., makers of high class Madras snuff. This and many other images depict deities in contexts lacking identifiable mythological markers or narrative signifiers, suggesting the creation of a new space in the commodity image where deity and product are aligned with each other.
Another similar portrait of Lord Krishna, in a poster calendar of N.V. Shunmugam & Co., makers of high class Madras snuff. This and many other images depict deities in contexts lacking identifiable mythological markers or narrative signifiers, suggesting the creation of a new space in the commodity image where deity and product are aligned with each other.
Fig. 07: Lord Krishna on the cosmic serpent Anantha-Shayi, in an advertisement for Kaloojee Valajee tobacco, Rangoon. Chromolithograph, paper, 38 cm x 25 cm, portrait.
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