Place · Rajput princely capital · India
Kotah / Kota
The former Rajput kingdom and now district of southeastern Rajasthan, where the Pushti Marg maintained the Mathureshji haveli — one of the seven primary havelis of Vallabhacharya's descendants, called the Sapt Haveli. The Mathureshji image was consecrated by Vitthalnathji, Vallabha's second son, and moved to Kota under royal patronage in the 18th century. The Kota school of miniature painting developed around the court's Vaishnava patronage of this image. The city's old havelis illustrate how image, lineage and city sampradaya together produce a dispersed Krishna geography out of a single Braj original.
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Tradition
- Pushti Marg lineage/history
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 25.214, 75.865
Connections (1)
- Image migrationGokul
Gokul and Kota are connected through the Mathureshji svarūpa of Krishna in the Pushtimarg tradition. According to tradition, Vallabhacharya encountered Mathureshji at Gokul on the Yamuna; the four-armed Krishna svarūpa later became one of the Navanidhis of Pushtimarg and was moved to Rajasthan during Aurangzeb’s reign, eventually becoming established at Kota.
Sources
Wikipedia, “Kota, Rajasthan”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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