Many people across the United States are embracing the “less is more” philosophy with popular television shows teaching homeowners to clean out their closets, purge their attics, get rid of all of the extra stuff in their lives that they don’t use on a daily basis. This includes grandmother’s china set that is stored in […]
Coloring is more than a visual proposition in sacred Buddhist painting. In fact, the five basic colors are white, yellow, red, black, and green, which all have a different symbolic meaning.
Black symbolizes killing and anger. White denotes rest and repose. Yellow stands for restraint and nourishment. Red is indicative of subjugation, while green is the […]
Pata is a Sanskrit derivation, which literally means canvas. So, pata-painting means a scroll painting on canvas, which is practiced by the artists of Orissa, which is a state on the Eastern Coast of India.
The painter first chooses two pieces of cloth, which is generally tussar silk, and sticks the pieces together by a paste […]
In the Krishna faith, the process of initiation consists of the five purification processes that includes either the branding or the tattooing of the four symbols and wearing the tilaka markings.
This is viewed as a way to sanctify yourself so that your true spiritual nature can develop, because this process is not only applied to […]
