re: Paintings of Krishna

• To: ghen@netcom.com
• Subject: re: Paintings of Krishna
• From: Pradip Gangopadhyay <pradip@lism.usc.edu>
• Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:44:31 -0700 (PDT)

Carol H. Jewell (chj65@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU) wrote:

>Does anyone know why, in paintings of Krishna, his face is often blue?

The color blue ,like the vast blue sky and the vast blue ocean, symbolizes the
infinite. The blue face reminds the devotee that Sri Krishna as the Ultimate
Principle is a personification of the infinite.

With Regards

Pradip 

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