Manaku’s most outstanding set of works illustrates the Gita Govinda. Who composed the Gita Govinda?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Jayadeva
Jayadeva composed the Gita Govinda, and Manaku painted his finest set on it. Keshav Das wrote the Kavipriya, with its account of the Baramasa, Bihari is the poet of the Bihari Satsai, and Bhanu Datta wrote the Rasamanjari.
NCERT (2026-27): “Awaiting Krishna and the Hesitant Radha Artist Pandit Seu had two talented sons, Manak or Manaku and Nainsukh. … Gita Govinda is Manaku’s most outstanding set of works. As mentioned earlier, composed by Jayadeva, Gita Govinda begins with the description of how Radha and Krishna fall in love on the banks of river Yamuna.” |