Though I had come to associate pictures of wide-eyed, blissful Krishna with religious cults selling flowers at airports, in India they're as commonplace as pictures of the blonde Christ are in America. Everywhere there were stalls selling these colorful 8x10 glossies of Krishna, Vishnu, Ganesh, and the other major Hindu gods. All over India I'd see calendars in people's offices given by a business associate. They're just like calendars we Americans get with a scenic or inspirational photo and the name and address of the insurance agent that gave it to us, except the picture would be one of these vibrant Hindu devotional paintings.

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