Hindola Raga - a young man is sitting on a swing surrounded by women, one of which plays the bin, the other the drum (mrdanga in Sanskrit). The swing (Hindola) evokes the holi festival, sometimes called "festival of swing" (dolotsava) in some parts of India, in which images of Krishna and his consort Radha are placed under a swing. If the use of the swing is ritual, it also forms a traditional pastime for Indians. Radjpouth, Provincial Mughal, 18th century.
