Monday, May 31, 2010
'Flute recital'- a mural on canvas: an update
Schools are going to open from tomorrow. Parents are busy making last minute preparations and purchases viz, school bags, books, uniforms, umbrellas, lunch boxes ... The teachers from this studio got back to their schools a day early.Only Rahul, Panini and Dr Reghuraj were present today.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Flute Recital-a mural on Canvas - an update
Kumarasambhavam- 8th Sarggam Mural on a mud wall by Manikandan Punnakkal
Manikandan's mural , freeze dries Kalidasa's Kumarasambhavam with all its love ,romance , music and drama for posterity.
(pl see:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585178246&ref=sgm#!/photo.php?pid=3874805&id=585178246)
The story of Kumarasambhavam runs like this:
its about the birth of Kumara, the first son of Lord Shiva and Parvati.
The epic-verse has been divided into seventeen chapters and basically talks about the courtship of lord Shiva and Parvati. It is said that a powerful demon named Tarakasur was blessed that none except the child of Lord Shiva could kill him. However, Shiva had curtailed the desire for love by intense meditation. Due to the great efforts of Parvati and through much penance, she won the love of Lord Shiva.
After sometime, Shiva and Parvati were blessed with a son whom they named Karthikeya. He grew up and killed the demon and restored peace and the glory of Lord Indra and the divine world. Thus ends the beautiful Kumarasambhava written by Kalidasa.
Regarded as one of the greatest literary works of all times, Kumarasambhava has paid attention to all minute details of a courtship between two people. Kalidasa left home to gain worldly knowledge and become more worthy. On his return, his wife asked, "Asti Kashchit Wagvisheshah", which means, "Have you attained any palpable knowledge that should make me give you a special welcome?". He gave her a fitting reply and over a period of few years, he wrote three great epics based on three letters spoken by his wife. From "Asti" he created "Kumarasambhava"; from "Kaschit" he wrote "Meghadutta" and from "Wagvisheshah" he wrote "Raghuvansha". Critics say that Kalidasa was cursed with leprosy when he wrote the eighth chapter and some other writer wrote the rest of the poem.(?)
Manikandan has fully internalised the essence of the subject : 'love-is-in-the-air-its springtime' and portrayed it with plenty of sensitivity and detail: you see a charming herd of elephants, pairs of swans, a peacock whispering sweet nothings into the ear of its beloved, an amorous pair of mating deer, plenty of clouds , water-bodies and lilies and lotuses , ...wonderful nature at its intoxicating and fragrant best ...all meticulously depicted ..as perceptive as the master story teller Kalidasa himself would have liked
....I am yet to observe closely Manikandan 's other works, but I can assure you, he surely knows how to leave his signature without actually signing the mural..
The figures of the Parvathi and Siva are equally enchanting. The signature symbols /icons with which Siva is identified in the Classics is closely followed and depicted boldly and clearly.You will not make a mistake in identifying the Hero in this picture ; he has an antelope in one hand, a crescent moon in his head, a third eye in the forehead,...
(pl see:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585178246&ref=sgm#!/photo.php?pid=3874805&id=585178246)
The story of Kumarasambhavam runs like this:
its about the birth of Kumara, the first son of Lord Shiva and Parvati.
The epic-verse has been divided into seventeen chapters and basically talks about the courtship of lord Shiva and Parvati. It is said that a powerful demon named Tarakasur was blessed that none except the child of Lord Shiva could kill him. However, Shiva had curtailed the desire for love by intense meditation. Due to the great efforts of Parvati and through much penance, she won the love of Lord Shiva.
After sometime, Shiva and Parvati were blessed with a son whom they named Karthikeya. He grew up and killed the demon and restored peace and the glory of Lord Indra and the divine world. Thus ends the beautiful Kumarasambhava written by Kalidasa.
Regarded as one of the greatest literary works of all times, Kumarasambhava has paid attention to all minute details of a courtship between two people. Kalidasa left home to gain worldly knowledge and become more worthy. On his return, his wife asked, "Asti Kashchit Wagvisheshah", which means, "Have you attained any palpable knowledge that should make me give you a special welcome?". He gave her a fitting reply and over a period of few years, he wrote three great epics based on three letters spoken by his wife. From "Asti" he created "Kumarasambhava"; from "Kaschit" he wrote "Meghadutta" and from "Wagvisheshah" he wrote "Raghuvansha". Critics say that Kalidasa was cursed with leprosy when he wrote the eighth chapter and some other writer wrote the rest of the poem.(?)
Manikandan has fully internalised the essence of the subject : 'love-is-in-the-air-its springtime' and portrayed it with plenty of sensitivity and detail: you see a charming herd of elephants, pairs of swans, a peacock whispering sweet nothings into the ear of its beloved, an amorous pair of mating deer, plenty of clouds , water-bodies and lilies and lotuses , ...wonderful nature at its intoxicating and fragrant best ...all meticulously depicted ..as perceptive as the master story teller Kalidasa himself would have liked
....I am yet to observe closely Manikandan 's other works, but I can assure you, he surely knows how to leave his signature without actually signing the mural..
The figures of the Parvathi and Siva are equally enchanting. The signature symbols /icons with which Siva is identified in the Classics is closely followed and depicted boldly and clearly.You will not make a mistake in identifying the Hero in this picture ; he has an antelope in one hand, a crescent moon in his head, a third eye in the forehead,...
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