Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bhagwan Shree Hari Vishnu


Vishnu (IAST viṣṇu, Devanagari विष्णु), (honorific: Bhagavan Vishnu), is the supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita.
The Vishnu Sahasranama declares Vishnu as Paramatma (supreme soul) and Parameshwara (supreme God). It describes Vishnu as the All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of—and beyond—the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within.
In the Puranas, Vishnu is described as having the divine color of clouds (dark-blue), four-armed, holding a lotus, mace, conch and chakra (wheel). Vishnu is also described in the Bhagavad Gita as having a 'Universal Form' (Vishvarupa) which is beyond the ordinary limits of human sense perception.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Pot Painting


I don’t know painting or doing sketching on a pot. I tried it first time and the output is not so good. But still I enjoyed painting the pot and later some sketching on it.


I decided to paint the pot with some features signifying power and beauty of Goddess Parvati. At same time I thought it should also include symbol of God Shiva. Thus the whole picture that came in my mind was “Ardhanareeshwara” i.e. combination of Goddess Parvati and God Shiva.


First I painted the pot entirely white and later gave it different shades of red color signifying sari of Goddess Parvati. In between different layers of red shades I also included a layer of golden color. Later I sketched first half symbols of Goddess Parvati and other half signifying God Shiva. Inside the pot, I made design with spray painting in green color and neck of pot with red and gold color.