The Kangra painting Nanda, Yashoda and Krishna shows a journey by bullock cart. Who is seated with Krishna and Balaram in the second bullock cart?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Yashoda and Rohini
Option (1) Nanda and Yashoda — Incorrect. Nanda is leading the group on his own bullock cart, ahead of the second cart. Yashoda does sit in the second cart.
Option (2) Nanda and Rohini — Incorrect. Nanda rides in front on his own bullock cart, so he is not in the cart that follows. Rohini does sit in it.
Option (3) Radha and Yashoda — Incorrect. Radha is the heroine of the Gita Govinda paintings of this chapter, not part of this Bhagvata Purana scene.
Option (4) Yashoda and Rohini — Correct. The brothers sit with their respective mothers, Yashoda and Rohini.
NCERT (2026-27): “Nanda, Yashoda and Krishna This painting also illustrates a scene from the Bhagvata Purana and depicts Nanda with his family and relatives, travelling to Vrindavan. They found Gokul infested with demons that bothered Krishna to no end, and hence, decided to move to a safer place. In the painting, Nanda is seen leading the group on his bullock cart and is followed by another bullock cart, wherein, both brothers, Krishna and Balaram and their respective mothers, Yashoda and Rohini, are seated.…” |