The series to which the present painting belongs has been variously called the 'Tehri-Garhwal Gita Govinda series,' after the collection in which it was first discovered by N.C. 641-658), this series in circa 1775-80, and then a third series also known as the 'Lambagraon' Gita Govinda, created in Kangra around 1800-1810. Fischer's chapter on Manaku in Masters of Indian Painting II, 2011, pp. In the Pahari Hills, the Gita Govinda has been illustrated at least three times by some of the most important and well-known artists of Pandit Seu's family: the first in 1730 by Manaku (see B.N. The poem serves as a metaphor for the spiritual love for Krishna, and was seminal in the development of the bhakti movement of Hinduism, which advocated direct devotion to the deity instead of using a Brahmin as intercessor.

Jayadeva's language and resultant imagery expresses the most intense form of love, from Radha's longing for Madhava ('Honey-Sweet One'), their independent struggles to maintain dignity while hiding his or her tempestuous emotions, and the final release in their blissful union.

The Gita Govinda, or 'Song of the Dark Lord,' is an epic poem written in the 12th century by Jayadeva, and describing the love story between Krishna and Radha.

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