This painting of Lord Vinayaka/Ganesha was my first exploration of trying to paint on a digital medium, in this case was MS Paint (earlier ver PC Paintbrush), that came with Microsoft Windows 3.2 operating system. As one can see this was long time back, and had few features to draw and paint compared to the
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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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
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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 »
Deepawali, the festival of lights is the biggest festival celebrated all over India and by the Indian diaspora around the world. Deepawali (Diwali) is a Sanskrit word which means a row of lights, signifying a tradition wherein people in India light small clay lamps in and around their homes, to dispel the darkness, both figuratively
Happy Deepawali !! Nostalgic memories of the ‘Deepawali Marundhu’ Read More »