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Ashtabhuja Goddess Durga Tanjore Painting | Traditional Colors With 24K Gold | Teakwood Frame | Handmade | Made in India

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Within this Tanjore canvas, the fierce yet compassionate form of Goddess Durga unfolds in all her splendour. Ashtabhuja, she of the eight arms, wields her thunderous weapons with grace and might. Every detail speaks to the tradition, and is layered with 24K gold, casting a divine glow. Encased in a teakwood frame, it blends the earthly with the ethereal, echoing India's rich heritage.

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Item Code:	PAA050
Specifications:	TANJORE PAINTING TRADITIONAL COLORS WITH 24 KARAT GOLD
Dimensions	23 inch x 19 inch x 2 inch (With Frame) 19 inch x 15 inch (Without Frame)
Weight:	4.35 kg

Here, the great Goddess Durga rides on a tiger (her divine mount) with a ferocious face, exposed teeth, sharp claws and a curved tail. The soft and gentle smile on her beautiful face depicts her extremely merciful nature towards the individual souls who follow path of Dharma, but her eight arms carrying different items and weapons represent her fury or rage toward those who try to exploit the material nature and go against dharma just for their sense gratification. Her four left hands hold a conch shell, a long trident, a bow and an arrow, and a lotus flower that represents purity. With her other four right hands, she holds a discus, a sword, a mace, while the lower hand is in protective Abhaya Mudra. These weapons await the Adharmees who are either envious of God or do not follow the path of the Absolute Truth which is the purpose of human life. Look how gracefully the Goddess is attired in a bright red saree, bedecked with several glittering ornaments on her fair-complexioned body, and her head adorned with a jeweled crown. The pure gold embellishment shines throughout this Tanjore painting and thus accentuates the look of the beautiful icon of Goddess Durga.

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This is the most powerful yet at the same time, calmest description of the Mother Goddess Durga who takes manifests in many forms to either kill the Adharmees, sustain the mother earth or destroy the material creation. She is a humble servant and external energy of Lord Hari (Vishnu/Krishna) who also acts as Maya Devi i.e. Illusory energy to test the jivas for their dedication to the Lord. But those who fail to do so, get trapped into her play and thus lose the divine connection with the Supreme and unfortunately have to remain in the cycle of repeated birth, old age, disease, and death.

Gilded Elegance: Unraveling the Artistry of Tanjore Paintings

Tanjore painting is a traditional form of art in the South Indian style and was started by the inhabitants of a small town known as Thanjavur of Tamil Nadu. This gives it another name called “Thanjavur painting”. This painting draws its figures, designs, and inspiration from the time when Vedic culture was prevalent in India. Certain remarkable features of a Tanjore painting distinguish it from other paintings. Some of these are pure gold or gold foil coating on gesso work, the use of rich and vivid colors, and the inlay of cut-glass or semi-precious and precious stones. The subjects of most of the Tanjore paintings are Hindu Gods, Goddesses, and saints. The main devotional figure is portrayed in the central portion of the painting and is usually surrounded by various secondary figures.

The process of making a Tanjore painting

The classic Tanjore paintings are done on wooden planks and hence are also referred to as Palagai Padam in South India (Palagai = Wooden plank, Padam = Picture). Creating a masterpiece is never an easy task but the skilled artists of Thanjavur have been following the tradition of making timeless Tanjore paintings for decades.

The making process begins with preparing the wooden board or canvas. The size of the board depends upon the choice of the patron. The next step is to paste cardboard over the wooden board and then a cotton fabric is stretched and pasted upon it using Arabic gum.

Now that the cloth is attached to the wooden panel, a rough sketch of the motifs and figure is drawn onto the fabric. After this, a paste of chalk powder and water-soluble adhesive is evenly applied over the base and smoothed.

Thereafter, the outlines which were made or traced using a stencil are now ready to be beautified and decked with various add-ons. The usual materials for decoration are cut-glass, pearls, semi-precious and precious gems, gold leaf, and laces. 22 or 18 Karat Gold leaves and gems of varied hues are especially inlaid in areas like pillars, arches, walls, thrones, and dresses. In the final step, the rest of the painting is filled with rich and striking colors such as shades of red, blue, and green. Formerly, the artists used natural colors like vegetable and mineral dyes instead of chemical paints. The entire painting is then cleaned and refined to give a flawless finished look.

Since the making of a single piece of Tanjore painting requires a complex and elaborate process, the artists usually take at least one or two months to complete it. The use of pure gold foil and gems for beautification is a characteristic of an authentic Tanjore painting. Due to this, Tanjore paintings last for generations without getting tarnished and are much more expensive than general paintings. Though the art form has undergone various changes and technique modifications over the years, it continues to attract the hearts of art lovers.

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