people from chandigarh

my dear friend simran and her family.

guardian. angel.

anokhi

guru smaran

sat sang

grace

father

mother

peace

bapu ji, a soul to enlighten us

guru  vachan - jaise chanda aur chakor

"Guru Govind dou khade, kaake laagoon paye
Balihari guru aapki, Govind diyo milaye."

- Kabir

Translated:
I face both God and my guru. Whom should I bow to first?
I first bow to my guru because he's the one who showed me the path to God.

people from shahpur

here is a pic i made few years back which i named "village"

family picnic

village scenes from gurpuri (shahpur)

villages in punjab...a fleeting idea, most of them are becoming like small towns now, but here's a lucky glimpse.

displays from chandigarh museum

exquisite forms, peaceful expressions, grace

padmavati from 1100.a.d.

everything in this painting is awesome, style, composition, color...beautiful

this "rumal" was no "rumal" as we know it! this was at least 5ft x 5ft square with some amazing embroidery all over it. in the following pics what seems like a painted fabric is actually embriodered, the fabric was beige in its base color, so you can imagine how dense and fine the embruidery is(zooming in gives some idea).

krishna. from orissa.

from nepal

her posture is so similar to the "dancing girl" from harappa, its amazing how deep rooted indian classical art is.

he is goddamn happy...and he makes me happy too. :)

shiva and parvati are so often depicted where shiva holds parvati in a not-so-subtle sexy way. they must be the eternal lovers. thank you shiva-parvati.

buddha