About this Event
Celebrate the exhibition on March 30.
Enjoy a special haveli sangeet performance and encounter pichwais from the NMAA collections through insights from community members, curators, conservators, and a conservation scientist. Haveli sangeet refers to traditional devotional music sung daily in Pushtimarg temples to joyfully honor and celebrate Krishna.
Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God is part of The Arts of Devotion, a five-year initiative at the National Museum of Asian Art dedicated to furthering civic discourse and understanding of religion. This program is made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Image: Worship of Shri Nathji, India, Rajasthan state, Bikaner, ca. 1700, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection—funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art, S2018.1.47
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
National Museum of Asian Art, 1050 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, United States
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