A very old bronze statue of goddess durga, the mother of the universe. This statue was purchased from an adivasi, who apparently found a couple of statues and other metals in his field in the outskirts of maharashtra.
Based on its make, art, the metal, the patina on its surface and the wear & tear indicates its existence since centuries. Though being so old it has not lost its beauty.
Goddess durga is the mother of the universe and believed to be the power behind the work of creation, preservation, and destruction of the world. The meaning of "durga" is "durgatinashini, " which literally translates into "the one who eliminates sufferings." thus, hindus believe that goddess durga protects her devotees from the evils of the world and at the same time removes their miseries.
Scattered through the old cities of Rajasthan, thousands of artists still work in traditional painting ateliers, grinding mineral and stone colors by hand, preparing of fine brushes from the hairs plucked from the tails of squirrels, burnishing antique and handmade papers, working with precious gold leaf, and preserving skills and techniques honed over many generations.
Their artistic ancestors were the painters attached to courts of Rajput rulers. From the 16th through 19th centuries, each Rajput kingdom developed its own striking painting style, reflecting the devout and courtly atmosphere of the royal courts.
Packing size on painting size weight of one painting 10 to 30 grams only.
Krishna or Vasudeva, , the most powerful incarnations of Lord Vishnu and the Supreme Being or the Purna Purushotam playing flute and seen along with his love Radha. As the legend goes the soulful tunes of Krishnaâ??s flute just mesmerized all.Radha Krishna are collectively known within Hinduism as the combination of both the feminine as well as the masculine aspects of God.
Pattachitra painters, who make paintings over a piece of cloth known as Patta or a dried palm leaf, specialize in this unique art-form since generations. Raghurajpur a heritage crafts village in Puri district, Odisha is famous for this centuries old craft-works which at least date back to 5 BC. A mixture of chalk and gum is used in unique proportion to create this beautiful piece.
Note: In all its grandeur this can be custom made i.e. hand painted over a specific time frame in a specific size.
The pastimes of lord chaitanya mahaprabhu in the early sixteenth century the west was on one course, the east on another. In india, chaitanya mahaprabhu was directing people inward, toward a scientific understanding of the highest knowledge of mans spiritual nature. Sri chaitanya-charitamrita is the main work on the life and teachings of sri chaitanya mahaprabhu, the incarnation of krishna who appeared in india five hundred years ago. Lord chaitanya introduced the chanting of the holy names of god as the prescribed method of god-realization for our time. He began what is today called the hare krishna movement, since the movements founder, srila prabhupada, comes in the chaitanya line of spiritual masters. Lord chaitanya transformed the face of india in four respects: philosophically, by encountering, defeating and converting the greatest philosophers and thinkers of his day; religiously, by organizing the largest, most widespread theistic movement in indias history; socially, by his strong challenges to the religious inequities of the caste system; politically, by his organization of a massive civil disobedience movement in bengal, more than four centuries before gandhi. This english translation with commentary, by his divine grace a.C. Bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, reveals his consummate bengali and sanskrit scholarship, his intimate familiarity with the precepts of sri chaitanya, and his pure devotion to god
