Gallery of Nidhi Svarups

Svarup of the Lord

Gallery of Nidhi Svarups, Shri Vallabh and Shri Yamunaji

Nidhi svarups and some other pictures of classical origin. Some images are of Lord(s) in house shrines of vaishnavs and some in their magnificent havelies of Nidhies. (updated Oct 2005)

The nine Nidhi Svarupas, Vallabhacharyaji, Gosaiji and his seven sons. 64k

Shri GokulNathji in a golden Hindolo - 17kb

Kalyanraiji, dressed coolly for the summer. Though not a Nidhi svarupa, this image of Lord Vishnu is ranked second only to the main 11 Nidhi svarupas of Pushti Marg. 50kb

Dwarikadhishji, dressed in pearls for summer at Kakaroli. The light summer shringar helps reveal the figures on the steele around the icon. - early 20th Century style. 50kb

Shri Dwarikadhishji in a bungalow with three pavillions on its roof. 24kb

Summer festivities at Kakaroli. The Lords are set in an open veranda / courtyard in front of a pool. Live tortoise and fish swim amongst lotus as musicans play and a Goswami offers arti to the Lord. Pichoi with "tree of life" motif is in the background. Compare this with the pichoi as depicted in the picture below. Though the svarup of the Lord is small, here is it shown to dwarf the other figures, who are drawn according to importance and are not set to scale.
Painting is from the cover of the book "Kirtan Kaustubh" which accompanies a set of six cassetts by the same title (pub. by HH Dwarkeshlalji Maharaj) Early 20th Century, 69kb

NavnitLalji / BalaKrshnaji at Rajbhog. Tell-tale sign of Rajbhog is the chopat (ancient board-game) in the front - 31kb Mohanlal C Shah

b-charan.jpg (2246 bytes) Madan Mohanji, a small metal image of the Lord in Tribhanga mudra. 19k

b-hand.jpg (2039 bytes) Madan Mohanji, a beautiful image of the Lord, made out of five sacred metals. 19k

ShriNathji at HH Indira-betiji's haveli in Baroda 60kb (March 2004)

Shri Yamunaji wearing a special head-dress worn only during the marriage ceremony, called a Sahra - 27kb (March 2004)

Shri Yamunaji, wearing the “mukut-kachani ka shringar”, offering a lotus garland to the Lord - kindly sent in by Deepak Bhatia - 87kb

Shri MahaPrabhuji, with rosary in his right hand and bringing an offering of lotuses in the other - kindly sent in by Deepak Bhatia - 72kb

Acharya Shri Vitthalnathji (Gusaiji), a modern painting of the most charismatic leader of Pushti Marg. 26kb

An excellent modern print of Shri Gusaiji, sitting on the banks of Shri Yamuna, in front his haveli at shri Gokul with Shri NavnitPriyaji being swung in a cradel. - sent in by Vijuben Hathi - 66kb