Vatapatrasayi is a sanskrit term describing a form of Lord Krishna who is reclining on a Banyan leaf. This form Lord Krishna is mentioned in ancient Hindu texts like the Bhagavata Purana, Mahabharata, Divya Prabandhams of the Alwar saints, among other texts, describes the Lord as an infant who is resting on a banyan leaf, […]
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The Washington Monument, standing tall. The image below was a birds eye view of the historic monuments of Washington D.C. I got see a couple of years back as I was landing into Reagan National airport. Its impressive in how these monuments stand out in presence and grandeur looking at it, from the air and
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This is Salt Lake City, looking west, with the Great Salt Lake in the horizon, with into the Oquirrh Mountains lining its shoreline, the week of June 21st, 2026. This dramatic, ‘apocalyptic’ like scene is just a small glimpse of the smoke that shrouded the Salt Lake Valley and the mountains, from the #BonnevilleFire that
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Solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice a year, signifies the start of astronomical summer (Summer Solstice) and winter (Winter Solstice). Today June 21, 2026 is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and marked by an exact moment – 4.24 am (EDT USA), when the earth is tilted towards the Sun at its
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Happy Earth Day 2026 !! Spring set in early in the mountain west of the US this year, and trees and bulbs started blooming weeks before they usually do. And then there was a snow storm and seasons collided. This tulip in my backyard with its snow cover caught my attention to the beauty, fragility
Earth Day 2026 – perspectives from earth & space !! Read More »
Equinox, is a cyclic event and marks an exact moment when the Sun passes through the plane of Earth’s equator, and the earth’s axis is positioned such that it’s neither tilting toward nor away from the Sun, rendering the alignments to result in almost equal lengths of day and night times for the entire planet.
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I chose Andal Kalyanam as a subject for this sketch in an attempt to depict what I understood from Andal’s upadesam (teachings) through her Tiruppavai, as she illuminates that the “parai” mentioned in Tiruppavai is both a means and the end, in context of complete Saranagathy. For me, as I put my pencil on a
Andal Kalyanam – A Pencil Sketch ! Read More »
As we celebrate the Thanksgiving Day in USA today I would like to share a recent experience I had, watching Native American dancers perform the Native Hoop Dance at the Intermountain Hoop Dance Competition this Fall at the Red Butte Garden Amphitheater. In Native American Culture, “The hoop is symbolic of ”the never-ending circle of
Native American Hoop – Circle of Life & Connection! Happy Thanksgiving !! Read More »
November 14th is celebrated as Children’s Day in India, in honor of the first prime minister of Independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who’s birthday falls on this day. Schools throughout India have various forms of celebration commemorating children of all ages. This water-color painting of Pt. Nehru, which I painted a long time ago, recently
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