Idol of Hindu deity Krishna standing, body covered in a layer of green betel leaves with an elaborate arrangement (parterre) of jasmine and paarijaata flowers on top; holding a staff in right hand and the staff is covered with paarijaata flowers; wearing a crown and earrings made of paarijaata flowers. The flowers on the screen right of the crown form the Sanskrit letter Om (ॐ). Dark background. A banded string on white and red flowers at both edges of the background.

Closeup of idol of Hindu deity Krishna standing (visible only waist above), body covered in a layer of green betel leaves with an elaborate arrangement (parterre) of jasmine and paarijaata flowers on top; holding a staff in right hand and the staff is covered with paarijaata flowers; wearing a crown and earrings made of paarijaata flowers. The flowers on the screen right of the crown form the Sanskrit letter Om (ॐ). Dark blue cloth background.

Dec 15, 2025: Krishna, flowers abound/aplenty [parterre].🌼

ಕುಸುಮಾಕರ ಕೃಷ್ಣ
kusumaakara krishna

*zoom all the way in to see the floral craft

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Idol of Hindu deity in diamond cladding and a matching crown, a similarly clad staff in right hand, wearing gold shoes and a long garland of white flowers (with orange stem). A thick dense string of red flowers around Krishna going all the way over the crown. Krishna standing on an ornate gold box. A thick string of white flowers shaped like a U on the box. A big red rose in both arms of the U. Some green holy basil leaves on the box at Krishna's feet. A small gold umbrella over Krishna. A thick string of white flowers (with stripes of red flowers) over the umbrella and hanging down on either side of Krishna. Blue cloth background. A string of yellow flowers (with some spots of red flowers) hanging down from both edges.

June 7, 2025: Garland of forcibly taken paarijaata flowers* 🌼

ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ಅಪಹಾರ ಹಾರಕ
paarijaata apahaara haaraka

*From the paarijaata tree [*Nyctanthes arbor-tristis*] which Krishna forcibly took from Indra

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