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An Unhappy God

God looks like how the artist wants him to look.......

 And, God knows when his sculptors decided to make him from bricks and cement ! Masonry, plastering, painting,...... lots of people and co-ordination involved in making these brick-and-cement sculptures, you know.

I won't call myself a fan - but, usually, I stop to stare at these sculptures. Don't ask me 'Why?', but, I like to check out their facial expressions!

 Almost always, the Gods are youthful, good-looking, and have serene/ smiling faces. Quite recently, I came across a sculpture where God looked quite unhappy and bad....... I'm sure, you'll agree with me!


Unfortunately, everything that can go wrong in a brick-and-cement sculpture seems to have gone wrong with this one!
First of all, it is quite disproportionate.  The half-moon, that one is so used to seeing on Shiva's tresses, is missing. Poor River Ganga looks more like an antler! And, look at that  anklet (on one foot only)! Way above the ankle!! The foot doesn't look okay either.....

This sculpture is one of the recent additions at the Sharada temple complex, Sringeri. How could anyone allow such horror to come up near the entrance to one of the most aesthetic places around??




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  1. Yamini29 June, 2014

    This sculpture looks like it was designed by some amateur cartoonist :(

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    1. Soumya30 June, 2014

      True... an artist who was not in a good mood perhaps? Maybe, he had a deadline to finish this sculpture in record time!!!

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  2. Prathibha Ravi30 June, 2014

    Paapa Shiva!

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    1. Soumya30 June, 2014

      Yes.... one feels sorry for Shiva. Lets hope he takes it in the right spirit (like most of us treat our passport photos)!!

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