Thread by @brakoo

Kālābhrābhāṁ kaṭākṣair arikulabhayadāṁ maulibaddhendurekhāṁ

Śañkhaṁ cakraṁ kṛpāṇaṁ triśikham api karair udvahamtíṁ trinetrām

Siṁhaskandhādhirūḍhaṁ tribhuvanam akhilaṁ tejasā pūryantīṁ

Dhyāyed Durgāṁ jayākhyāṁ tridaśaparivṛtāṁ sevitāṁ siddhi kamaiḥ

Wish you all a blessed Ashadi/Shayani Ekadashi.

May Panduranga Vitthala protect you all. 🙏

"Those dancing eyebrows
That budding smile on crimson lips
Waving wet matted locks
Coral body smeared with white ash,
And that raised divine foot...
I am fortunate to have this life...
Just to witness this sight."

Where the hand is, eyes should follow
Where the eyes are, the mind should be
Where the mind is, there goes the expression,
And where there is expression, there arises emotion.

Wanted to do this divine līlā since day 1.

Rāvaṇānugrahamūrtī - when the lord showed the arrogant Rāvaṇa his place!

Another one that I wanted to do for a long time! 😃

Paramānanda nartanagaṇapatim bhāvaye! 🙏🙏🙏

Tried a new type/style today. Who better than lord Vēṅkaṭēśvara who can carry any style! 😃

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।

Just for fun! Based on an ACK cover...

योऽग्निं नाचिकेतं चिनुते ।

COME ye hither, sit ye down:
to Indra sing ye forth, your song,
bringing hymns of praise.

To him the richest of the rich,
the Lord of treasures,
Indra, with Soma juice outpoured.

May he stand by us in our need
& in abundance for our wealth
May he come nigh us with his strength.

प्रजापतिसमः श्रीमान् धाता रिपुनिषूदनः |
रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य धर्मस्य परिरक्षिता||

Finally! Done!

Details:
The metropolitan museum of art in New York has this sculpture of a celestial dancer from Madhya Pradesh. It is from the Chandela period (mid-11th century CE) and made of sandstone.

Bhīma attacks Bhagadatta and his elephant, Supratīka.

(Based on a panel from Chennakeshava temple, Belur)

At some point, I had to return to where it all started. 😃

Sadāśiva from the Gharapuri caves.

Today I tried to recreate this rather unique, 1400 year old Gupta era, Narasimha from Punjab.

Source pic: @vajrayudha11

Damayanti and the swan.

Based on a Kalki magazine cover from the sixties. 😃

When one has only that much free time!

😃😃😃

JAI SHRI RAM!

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज |
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: ||

#HappyKrishnaJanmashtami

I can't possibly do what @opsimath6 is doing with her Getty Museum Challenge.

But I can at least try to recreate some of the art she's posting.

BN Arya's Sanvari. 😃

The vengeful seductress.

Nandini, Pazhuvettaraiyar's wife from Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan.

The lady who ruled the seas, Poonkuzhali.

Again from Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan.

Great is thy power, O Indra,
And we are thine.
Fulfil, O Maghavan,
The wish of thy worshipper.

After thee lofty heaven hath
Measured out its strength;
To thee and to thy power
This earth hath bowed itself.

"Twenty one times have you beaten your breast, mother!

And I shall ANNIHILATE them as many times!"

For what is life to a samurai? Nothing at all.

All life is suffering, neh?

Continuing with my attempts at musculature...

Bhīma!

Today I tried to recreate one of the paintings of the versatile Telugu artist Bapu.

Nowhere as elegant as his original. But am pleased! 😃

Who else wants to know what the girl is reading? 😃

(Another one of Bapu's creations)