Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is Nihal Chand’s Bani Thani, made at Kishangarh. Sawant Singh wrote a poem about Bani Thani that became the basis for this painting. Which poem was it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Bihari Jas Chandrika
Option (1) Bihari Satsai — Incorrect. This is Bihari Lal’s work of 700 verses, not a poem by Sawant Singh.
Option (2) Rasikapriya — Incorrect. Rasikapriya was composed by Keshav Das of Orchha in 1591.
Option (3) Gita Govinda — Incorrect. Gita Govinda is the twelfth-century Sanskrit poem of Jayadeva.
Option (4) Bihari Jas Chandrika — Correct. Sawant Singh wrote about Bani Thani in Bihari Jas Chandrika, and this poem became the basis for Nihal Chand’s painting.
NCERT (2026-27):
“Bani Thani …Sawant Singh composed devotional poetry on Krishna and Radha in Brajbhasha under the pen name Nagari Das. … Bani Thani was Sawant Singh’s muse for the poetry he wrote, celebrating the love of Radha and Krishna. He writes about her in a poem Bihari Jas Chandrika, which became the basis for Nihal chand’s painting of Bani Thani, thus, representing a blending of poetry and painting.” |
