Nainsukh of Guler: A great Indian Painter from a small Hill State, by B. N. Goswamy

At Haridwar, where the Ganga descends from the mountains into the plains and begins its majestic journey towardsthe sea a long, long way off, every evening devotees light simple earthen lamps, place them on small platters of leaves along with some flowers and release them gently on the surface of the sacred waters.
To trace the life  and career of a painter in India is somewhat akin to follow the course  of an earthen lamp on swift waters ....