Name: A STANDING PORTRAIT OF TILKAYAT GOVARDHAN LALJI, HEAD PRIEST OF THE SHRI NATHJI TEMPLE AT NATHDWARA
Brand: RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Price: 2200.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

A STANDING PORTRAIT OF TILKAYAT GOVARDHAN LALJI (1862-1934), HEAD PRIEST OF THE SHRI NATHJI TEMPLE AT NATHDWARA
RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted wearing a plain red turban and a richly embroidered pink long coat, laid on card
25 x 21in. (63.5 x 53.4cm.)

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Govardhanlalji succeeded his father, Girdhar Lalji, as the head priest of the Haveli of Shri Nathji in 1877. He was the most popular of all the tilkayats because of his humanitarian work which included opening schools, hospitals and a public library in Nathdwara. The tilkayats are thought to be the direct descendants of Vallabhacharya who founded the religious Krishna-centred Pushti sect of Vaishnavism. Wooden sandals belonging to Vallabhacharya are still worshipped in the Haveli of Shri Nathji. For another portrait of Govardhan Lalji, see lot 3.