The painting is visual representation of a musical mode Megha Raga. Raga Megha means the melody of rains. Raga Megha is one of the six principle Ragas related to the clouds. For personifying the Raga Megha painter visualized it by associated with a scene of dancing and enjoying music by the divine couple Krishna and Radha. The scene is laid in rainy season. Krishna and Radha are embraced and dancing to the tune of music played on a mridanga, cymbals and a Sitar, by three female musicians flanking them. They both are looking at each other and enjoying rain.
In the black sky cranes are flying against stormy clouds with snaky golden light.
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The painting is visual representation of a musical mode Megha Raga. Raga Megha means the melody of rains. Raga Megha is one of the six principle Ragas related to the clouds. For personifying the Raga Megha painter visualized it by associated with a scene of dancing and enjoying music by the divine couple Krishna and Radha. The scene is laid in rainy season. Krishna and Radha are embraced and dancing to the tune of music played on a mridanga, cymbals and a Sitar, by three female musicians flanking them.
They both are looking at each other and enjoying rain. In the black sky cranes are flying against stormy clouds with snaky golden light.
