Honoring Gurudeva's Legacy
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Nigel Siva of Maryland responded to a call for some black and white illustrations of Gurudeva's lineage and life, and selflessly took two days off from his work to draw the next few works.
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This is Lord Murugan thrusting His Vel three times forcefully on the steps in 1973 to show Gurudeva where the Nataraja Deity should be placed.
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Lord Siva sitting on the Swayambhulingam in Gurudeva's 1975 vision.
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This art honors Shum, the language of meditation, with the word Simshumbe, the power of the spine. Below Nigel illustrates a few of the books Gurudeva gave to the world and the magazine he founded, Hinduism Today.
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Iraivan Temple and the Crystal Sivalingam, complete with the five-headed Naga. The peedam, base, is just today being assembled in India to be shipped to Kauai in the months ahead. It weights some 10,000 pounds!
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A smiling Siva, as seen in Gurudeva's vision.
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Here, Nigel assembles the six images into a one collage…
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A hand-made special wooden joint crafted in redwood by the monks. It's part of a special interactive art wall that will greet pilgrims coming for the Mahasamadhi observances in a few days. Black and white line art, including some of the above pieces, will be displayed on this.
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November 9th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Aum Sivaya, Wow! stunningly beautiful pieces of art, thank you Nigel Siva. Aum.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Simply wonderful!
Thank you Nigel Siva!
Awesome Art work :o)
November 9th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
The artwork is breathtaking and simply marvelous! You have left me speechless! Great contribution. Thank you Siva.
Om Namasivaya!
November 9th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Thank you for these amazing great creative artwork.I wonder how much patience and dedication one should have to come up with such beautiful illustrations…..aum.