About the Book: Venugopal: When Krishna Plays the Flute
Thus, from one poet to another and one painter to the next, we hear the many
notes of the flute of Krishna. Across trackless centuries of the aesthetic
celebration of Krishna as Venugopala, in homes and havelis, in palaces and
temples, right from the Bhagavata to times contemporary, it is the flute that is
the foundation of Venugopala. It is this that resonates with the Indian mind,
for hidden somewhere in that mind, are our ancient roots in forests and meadows,
in the many nuances of the cowherd, of festivals and gatherings in village
squares, of joyous moments