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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

TERRACOTTA ART OF BENGAL-RADHA KRISHNA LEELA

 There are beautiful sculptures found of Radha-Krishna all over Bishnupur, Malda ,Bankura, Bardhaman regions of bengal which have been made with the available alluvial+laterite soil.

These sculptures symbolise the Bhakti movement and Gaudiya Vaishnavism in Bengal.

This terracotta art is called Ras-Chakra and it depicts the Ras-leela.

As mentioned in the Bhagvat Purana and Jayadeva’s Geeta Govinda,the ras leela consisted of many gopis who used to encircle Krishna and Radha and used to dance and celebrate the love of Radha and Krishna.

There are many such sculptures found all over bengal for example at the Shyamrai temple at Bishnupur,

and Brindaban Chandra math at Kalna,

Some sculptures include:-