Birds !!

Kalika

Maa Kali's fierce appearance symbolizes many things. Her dark complexion symbolizes her all-embracing and transcendental nature. Says the Mahanirvana Tantra: "Just as all colors disappear in black, so all names and forms disappear in her". Her nudity is primeval, fundamental, and transparent like Nature — the earth, sea, and sky. Kali is free from the illusory covering, for she is beyond the all maya or "false consciousness." 

Her three eyes represent past, present, and future, the three modes of time an attribute that lies in the very name Kali....(kal means the Time). Kali's garland of  human heads  stands for the fifty letters in the Sanskrit alphabet, symbolizes infinite knowledge.

Her girdle of severed human hands signifies work and liberation from the cycle of karma. Her white teeth show her inner purity, and her red lolling tongue indicates her omnivorous nature — "her indiscriminate enjoyment of all the world's 'flavors'." Her sword is the destroyer of false consciousness and the eight bonds that bind us.

Kali's guises and names are diverse. Shyama, Adya Ma, Tara Ma and Dakshina Kalika, Chamundi are popular forms. Then there is Bhadra Kali, who is gentle, Shyamashana Kali, who lives only in the cremation ground, and so on.

Maa Kali

my digital painting

about Maa Kali

Kalimata or Kalika,  is the fearful and ferocious form of the mother goddess. She assumed the form of a powerful goddess and became popular with the composition of the Devi Mahamaya,  Here she is depicted as having born from the brow of  Durga during one of her battles with the evil forces. As the legend goes, in the battle, Kali was so much involved in the killing spree that she got carried away and began destroying everything in sight. To stop her, Shiva, the lord and her husband, threw himself under her feet. As she stepped on him, shocked by her mistake, Kali stuck out her tongue in astonishment, and put an end to her homicidal rampage. Hence the common image of Kali shows her in her mêlée mood, standing with one foot on Shiva's chest, with her enormous tongue stuck out.

don't go away

please do not go away..... a cry in the wilderness...often happens to ours lives...when we lose near ones..... the emotional side of human mind

destruction of the Devil !!!!

Devil 2

the impending darkness says it all...

Devil

It appears in horizon grows bigger and bigger...unless we remove it from our minds!

Ganesha..

Vakra-Tunndda Maha-Kaaya Surya-Kotti Samaprabha

Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryessu Sarvadaa

Meaning:-
        O Lord Ganesha, of Curved Trunk, Large Body, and with the Brilliance of a Million Suns, 
        Please Make All my Works Free of Obstacles, Always.

evolve

from the darkness to the beautiful flower to molten gold.......the beautiful evolves through the mesmerizing world of light and shadows ! 

fly away

“You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.”                                                                                               ― Ramakrishna Paramhans

happiness

in conversation

always keep your power of discrimination awake.

 God alone is real, that is to say, eternal; everything 

else is unreal, because it will pass away.

                                -----    Ramakrishna

I want

flowers

why do we love flowers ? is it because they are objects that radiate beauty?

complex forms 2

manipulation to the previous one by smear and smudge!

complex forms

what you see is what you believe....but that's what you perceive, in reality...there is much more to it! 

silver light

forest

“Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.” 

                                         ―  Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa

radhakrishna

brain storming

lots of talking...little solution

the rag pickers child

everyone in this world is important...even the ragpickers child ! no one is small or big....every one is equal...one day every one has to leave....emptyhanded

Flower speak

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared." 
                                              --Buddha

Joy !!!

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

curious !

hidden from the glare.....even we observe

walk into the setting sun...

friend !

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” 

                                                           ― William Shakespeare

prayer !

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

scary !

reflection!

dancing fishes

"Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way."

-- Eileen Caddy

flowers...lilies!

I took this photo some time back in our garden.....just manipulated the background and presented for your viewing! hope you like it!

we exist !

where ? where ? How ?

water

water! 

you open the tap...its there for you. but at some places...it's not so...it's very precious...people travel miles to fetch water...one such area is the Thar desert in Rajasthan in India.....a pencil sketch I made long back!

family!

cosmic!

the supernatural power of the cosmic forces ! 

dance of cactus !!!

This is a cactus plant reconstructed to add some fun! 

chaos !

All existences follow their nature and what shall coercing it avail? Even the man of knowledge acts according to his own nature.

Expressions !--11

lone tree --

“Sincerity of conviction & purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely destined to prevail against all 

odds.”   ----Swami Vivekananda

blue mountains

“No one who does good work will ever come to a bad

end, either here or in the world to come”

----Quote from Srimad Bhagvad Gita

stream...the incessant flowing water across many obstacles

“Freedom from activity is never achieved by abstaining from action. Nobody can become perfect by merely ceasing to act. In fact, nobody can ever rest from his activity even for a moment. All are helplessly forced to act. . . .
A man who renounces certain physical actions but still lets his mind dwell on the objects of his sensual desire, is deceiving himself. He can only be called a hypocrite. The truly admirable man controls his senses by the power of his will. All his actions will be disinterested. 
Activity is better than inertia. Act, but with self-control. If you are lazy, you cannot even sustain your own body.”  --Bhagvad Gita

Expressions --10

Expressions 9a

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Expressions ! --9

“Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong. You do not require any assistance to govern yourself; you are already self-restrained. The only difference is in knowing it or not knowing it. Therefore the one difficulty has been summed up in the word, Avidyâ.”---Swami Vivekananda

fate ?

“Where is fate, and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise. We make our own destiny.”-----Swami Vivekananda

the wheel of devotion

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.   -- Ramakrishna Paramhansa

Outer world!

"If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God… Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God"  ---- Ramkrishna

complex forms...the eye !

find the essence of life within......find the turbulence.....find the peace...within !!!!!

Hills...!

Smiling leaves !

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy