Pichwai Wall Art Wall Art

Pichwai Wall Art — 50 museum-grade prints on the theme. Annakut ('mountain of food') is the great offering after Diwali in the Pushtimarg (Vallabh) tradition, when a heap of cooked dishes is offered to Shrinathji — the child-Krishna who lifted Mount Govardhan — at the Nathdwara haveli-temple in Rajasthan. A pichhwai (literally 'that which hangs at the back') is the painted cloth hung behind the deity to set the seasonal scene; this design borrows that grammar to frame a community bhandara. Annakut ('mountain of food') marks the day after Diwali in the Pushtimarg (Vallabh) tradition, recalling how the child-Krishna — Shrinathji, the Govardhan-lifter — raised Mount Govardhan to shelter the cowherds and their cattle, then received a mountain of food in thanks. A pichhwai (literally 'that which hangs at the back') is the painted cloth hung behind the deity at the Nathdwara haveli-temple in Rajasthan to set the seasonal scene. Janmashtami marks the midnight birth of Krishna; in the Pushtimarg (Vallabh) tradition centred at the Nathdwara haveli-temple in Rajasthan, the infant deity is placed in a decorated swing (jhula) and rocked through the night. A pichhwai (literally 'that which hangs at the back') is the painted cloth hung behind the deity to set such seasonal scenes.

Updated 22 Jun 2026