The placard accompanying this stone work indicates that it depicts the god Krishna as a cowherd. It is from Mysore, India and is dated to the 1500s-1600s.
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"Krishna ...is a major Hindu deity worshiped in a variety of different perspectives. Krishna is one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, worshipped as the eighth incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu and also as a Svayam Bhagavan (supreme god) in his own right. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the month of Bhadrapad in the Hindu calendar.
Krishna is also called by several other names such as Govinda, Mukunda, Madhusudhana, and Vasudeva. Krishna is often portrayed as an infant eating butter; a young boy playing a flute, and as in the Bhagavata Purana; a young man along with Radha; or a young man surrounded by women devotees; or as an elderly gentleman giving direction and guidance, as in the Bhagavad Gita. The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological texts. They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, and as the Supreme Power. The principal scriptures discussing Krishna's story are the Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, "Krishnacharitmanas" and the Vishnu Purana."