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Raavan
Buddha in Me
Rudra

FEET of DEATH 

Strange Similarities Between Greek And Indian Mythology and the vulnerable feet lead to the death of the two heroes of their respective Mythologies

Thought behind the Painting :

The earth and the heaven are like the twin gods;  they are united like a couple. Rudra, a Rigvedic deity in Indian Mythology is associated with wind or storm, and the hunt and was praised as the "mightiest of the mighty". The theonym Shiva, the Hindu god, originated as an epithet of Rudra, sharing several similar features.

 

Love, lust, aspiration, rage, sorrow, bereavement, immortality, generation and darkness are all parts of the same inner emotion which manifests into supremacy, femininity or the elements of existence.

BUDDHA in "Me"

Suffering, Craving and Attachment are all within

Thought behind the Painting :

The thought symbolizes the Four Noble Truths, that Buddha taught. The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left unexplained. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. The belief is that there is an afterlife and not everything ends with death, that Buddha taught and followed a successful path to nirvana. Buddhism is more a philosophy than a religion. All the points mapped in the painting depicts 

  • Life is suffering

  • Suffering has a cause

  • Craving and attachment can be overcome

  • Path toward the cessation is an Eightfold Path - Right understanding, purpose, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, alertness and concentration

RAVAAN

The epitome of Supremacy, Ascendency & Vulnerability

Thought behind the Painting : 

This antagonist in the Hindu mythology, described as a great scholar and a capable ruler whose paramount ambition spearhead to his downfall.

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The fire over the head representing pointing towards transformation something which was difficult to control its destructive power. The rear segment of the painting portrays, life and death which are both part of the cosmic drama and are embraced- not resisted, reflected by the skull. Kamagni reproducing the fire of passion, butterfly signifying metamorphosis, cougar paw echoing power, owl embodying wisdom & truth, eagle signifying freedom and courage and the spider characterizing the pattern of life. The serpent on the face represents the destructive tamasic energy as well as aspiration & catastrophe.

Eight 2 Ten

EIGHT 2 TEN 

Impossible to tell apart: dispositions & beliefs

Thought behind the Painting?

With Siddhartha spreading the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, also called the Middle Path or Middle Way, the system of following these eight divisions of the path to achieve spiritual enlightenment and cease suffering: Right understanding, in another era, Moses, proliferated the Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. If we delve into in-depth of both the doctrines, the epicenter of both philosophies remains same. We can plot the Ten Commandments with the eightfold path of Buddhism, and they express the same viewpoint. The Lotus flower in the painting denotes purity and enlightenment and it represents “Right Conduct” or “you shall not take”. The endless knot characterizing eternal harmony and symbolizing “honor thy father and thy mother”. The Blue color, epitomizing knowledge & awakening, symbolizing “Right Understanding and Mindfulness” while furthermore indicating “I am the LORD your God”. Every color in the art embodies the hypothesis behind both the principals where Red signifying love & compassion, Yellow indicating wealth & beauty, White emphasizing purity and primordial being, Fire characterizing attachment as well as discrimination and lastly Green denoting growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility.

RUDRA

The manifestation of Power, Greed, Immortality and Lust

Thought behind the Painting?

Greek and Indian Mythology are two of the oldest mythologies known to man. Although both mythologies have no established connection with each other, yet they share some striking similarities. Both heroes of their respective mythologies, Krishna and Achilles were both killed by arrows piercing their heel — the only vulnerable part of their body. The Achilles heel us a phase from Greek mythology which denotes an area of weakness. Archilles was a great fighter who was washed with water of river styx to become invincible. His mother, Thetis held him by his heel which was not washed of the magical river and remained vulnerable. Similarly, in the Indian Mythology, Durtodhana was summoned by his mother to become invincible however asked to appear naked. He was tricked by Krishna hence he wore a loin cloth hence his weakness around hid thighs enabled his death. Also, the most important similarity that comes to anyone’s mind is the uncanny similarity between Zeus and Indra. Both stayed at a Mount and their weapon were almost same. If we read both the epics carefully, then we can understand that it was the death of two warriors, Karna and Achilles, eventually led to the end of both the wars and the most striking similarity between then was their armor Some more similarities were The Holy Trinity - The presence of a kind of a holy trinity can be found in both mythologies.  Hades and Yama - Both were the lords of the underground

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