Art and Heritage Tour – Wai - krishnabai utsav
black-swan, along with
renowned archeologist, historian and miniature artist Dr Shrikant Pradhan, had
organized a one day trip to the temple town of Wai, visiting its heritage buildings, temples and
witnessing the proceedings of the festival that is Krishnabai Utsav.
Wai is also known for its collection of 150 odd year old miniatuare paintings, each one detailed better than the next, we wanted to make sure you get to see the paintings thru the eyes of an artist, a historian and your own thunderstruck eyes when they come out on display once a year. Wai is also known as 'a town of temples', with 7 ghats and brilliant temples on each of them. Some of them in ruins, but most of them intact and tell the long and inspiring tales of a great kingdom.
"krishnabai
utsav" is the main festival in Wai. When Afzal Khan set
out from Wai to kill Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj, Shende Shāstri from wai had prayed to the Krishna river for Shivaji's
victory.
The festival is a
tribute to the blessings of the river goddess and the victory!
Date: Sunday, 5th Feb
2012
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ReplyDeletenow in 2013, when will be celebrate the "Krishnabai Utsav"??
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