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5.50" x 8.00"
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7.50" x 10.00"
Kurma avatar Poster
by Vrindavan Das
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Kurma avatar poster by Vrindavan Das. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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This is the series of paintings of 10 avataras of Lord Vishnu for Museum of Sacred art, Belgium... more
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This is the series of paintings of 10 avataras of Lord Vishnu for Museum of Sacred art, Belgium
Kurma is the second Avatar of Vishnu.
Like Matsya, this incarnation also appeared in Satya Yuga.
Ones Rishi Durvasa had given a garland to Indra, the king of Gods. Indra placed the garland around his elephant, but the animal trampled it, insulting the sage.
Durvasa then cursed the gods to lose their immortality, strength, and divine powers. After losing the kingdom of heaven, they approached Vishnu for help.
Vishnu advised that they had to drink the nectar of immortality to regain their glory.
To obtain it, they needed to churn the ocean of milk, a body of water so large they needed Mount Mandara as the churning staff, and the serpent Vasuki as the churning rope.
The Devas were not strong enough to churn on their own, and declared peace with their foes, the Asuras, to enlist their help.
Finally, Mount Mandara churne...
About Vrindavan Das
Vrindavan Das attended P.P.Benkov art college and terminated studies in 1987 and obtained an oil painting degree. He traveled to India in 1996 and studied Vedic culture. There he participated a painting project in a Vedic cultural center in New Delhi. He also cooperated with painting projects in Belgium, U.K and U.S.A. He held an exhibition in Dharmasala (Himalayas) and Moscow (Russia). His paintings are in various private collections in the West and in India. His artistic research centers on relationship between human and the divine. He tries to blend western technique with eastern miniature. You can see profile page of Yuliya Glavnaya, student of Vrindavan Das. She presented paintings about buddhist and vedic culture as well as...
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