Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion is an 18th-century rajput painting depicting the two Hindu deities Krishna and Radha engaged in sexual intimacy.

[2] The painting is the example of pahari painting used in Gardner's Art Through the Ages, which states:[3] In Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, the lovers sit on a bed beneath a jeweled pavilion in a lush garden of ripe mangoes and flowering shrubs.

Krishna gazes directly into Radha's face.

It is night, the time of trysts, and the dark monsoon sky momentarily lights up with a lightning flash indicating the moment's electric passion.

Lightning is a standard symbol used in Rajput and Pahari miniatures to symbolize spiritual bliss and excitement.Art scholar Stuart Cary Welch calls it a prime example of "Mughal naturalism combined with the tender lyricism of local traditions and Vaishnavite poetry.