Bani Thani was the mistress of
Raja Sawant Singh of Kishangarh in Rajasthan.
She was a quintessential Indian beauty
with her elongated face with a high forehead,
arched eyebrows, half open lotus eyes, sharp
pointed nose, thin curved sensuous lips
and a pointed chin over a long narrow neck.
The curl of the hair around the ear added
to her innate grace. She was the inspiration
of the image of Radha of Kishangarh School
of painting.
Besides being blessed with natural beauty
she was also an accomplished poetess and
singer. In later years, Bani Thani along
with Sawant Singh retired to the life of
reclusion, singing devotional bhajans in
praise of Krishna till they lost to the
eternity.
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