New Chellappaswami Art

Chellappaswami was one of Sri Lanka's most respected 20th century gurus. He lived from 1840 to 1915 and was the guru of our Yogaswami and the shishya of Kadaitswami. Today we received this unusual artistic depiction of Chellappaswami from a devotee who loves the paramparai and without our knowing worked for many hours using AI and Photoshop to give a fresh rendering of the Great Sage. AI art is evolving quickly as you can see. But so is art in general. If you skip to the second slide, you will see the original art which formed the basis of this new one. This old art was produced by a devotee of Chellappaswami, Tiru Ponnambalan, and is really the only image of him we have from someone who knew him.

To read about the life of Chellappaswami as told in The Guru Chronicles, go here:

More about Chellappaswami

Art by AI of the Great Sage whose name means \"Wealthy Father\"

This illustration, showing Nallur Temple and the chariot house in the background where he lived, was discovered during an Innersearch Travel-Study Program in Sri Lanka and captured. It was created, we estimate, around the year 1960.

This is the small Samadhi Shrine of Chellappaswami near Nallur Temple in Jaffna, recently renovated by devotees.

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