I came across a beautiful picture of Lord Krishna being breastfed by his foster mother Yashoda. A little Googling led me to some more stunners. The first pic is my favorite, but the others are incredible as well. Check them out:
I really wish I knew who painted this!
A traditional Mysore painting
Artist unknown, ca. 1890, Calcutta, India
Kalighat painting
Krishna’s Foster-Mother, Yashoda, with the Infant Krishna
India (Tamil Nadu, Pudukkottai and Tanjavur districts)
Chola period, early 12th century
Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Niccolò Caranti
- A couple of little things I noticed:
- Yashoda is not his birth mother. Does that mean she induced lactation to breastfeed him? Fenugreek is used a lot in Indian cooking, so I bet that came into play 🙂
Of course, it’s quite possible she was breastfeeding other children. I’m probably getting excited about nothing.
- He is definitely not an infant in those first two pics. A toddler or maybe even older? It’s a beautiful depiction of long term breastfeeding.
There’s a pic that E and I took last year that has a similar vibe.
Have you come across any breastfeeding art (religious or secular) that you love?
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Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures Naya! I especially love the first one.
As for you getting excited about the induced lactation in Hinduism, you should be! Have you heard the story of Putana? She was a demon who took the form of a beautiful devi, Yashoda was so stricken by her that she encouraged her to breastfeed Krishna (she obv didn't know she was a demon ;)). This def shows that there was induced lactation.
P.S. That picture of you feeding E in a Sari is touching. You can feel the motherly love in it 🙂
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Wow! What beautiful and inspirational photos! How unfortunate that today that would be seen so 'obscene' to breastfeed old(er) children.
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I didn't know that! Nisha, thank you for sharing! You made my day with that.
Thank you, it's one of my favorite pictures of us ever.
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They are too gorgeous NOT to share! I love breastfeeding art.
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This is a beautiful post, and I wanted to thank you for #FF on twitter. 🙂
xoxo
~Natasha Fatah~
~Natasha Fatah~
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