Released on: July 15, 2008, 6:11 am

Press Release Author: Deepak Gupta

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Press Release Summary: India has the privilege to be home to many great religions,
sects and cults. Buddhism has been the most international face of all the religions
from India. In ancient times Buddhism found home in large parts of South and South
East Asia. Buddhism evolved and appropriated the local cultural elements in all
these lands. Chinese, Tibetans, Japanese, Thais, Sri Lankan etc. evolved their own
version of Buddhism. Even within India it acquired different strains of Buddhism.
Thus from early times Buddhism subsumed local cultural flavour. All these factors
affected the art and religious rendering of Buddha.

Press Release Body: Recently an exhibition of paintings \"Divine Light of Lord
Buddha\" by painter Prince Chand was inaugurated at newly relocated and spacious
gallery of Studio Vasant at Hauz Khas. On this occasion Ajay Sharma (President,
Baidyanath), his wife Meesha Sharma, Munish Kumar Gaur (Assistant Labour
Commissioner, Govt. of Delhi), Nisha Gaur, Baljit Chadha, Manmohan Chadha, Pankaj
Mohan, Rakesh Gupta (Director, Canvas Art Gallery), Pallav Jain (Director,
Dhoomimal\'s City Gallery), Madhumita Puri (Secretary, Art for Prabhat) and many
others were present there. The exhibition was inaugurated by Ajay Sharma and will
continue till 26th July.
India has the privilege to be home to many great religions, sects and cults.
Buddhism has been the most international face of all the religions from India. In
ancient times Buddhism found home in large parts of South and South East Asia.
Buddhism evolved and appropriated the local cultural elements in all these lands.
Chinese, Tibetans, Japanese, Thais, Sri Lankan etc. evolved their own version of
Buddhism. Even within India it acquired different strains of Buddhism. Thus from
early times Buddhism subsumed local cultural flavour. All these factors affected the
art and religious rendering of Buddha.
Before Greek invasion of India led by Alexander the Great, the artistic style that
flourished was called the Mathura style. Greek influence brought the realism in
rendering Buddha image and specially the Grecian rendering of the folds of
chivar-the cloth length Buddha covered himself in. Later developments led to still
more beautiful Sarnath Buddha. Thus the artists tried to convey not an image but
certain bhavas-karuna, abhaya, wisdom etc. Buddha is depicted in yogic meditation
Dhyani Buddha and is the most popular depiction of Him.. His eyes closed conveying
a serenity and peace. It is this image that has been most popular particularly in
West where a large number of people have turned to Buddhism as a way of life of
peace and kindness.
Studio Vasant Gallery hosts this Buddha exhibition in a large, spacious location of
Hauz Khas village. The artist Prince Chand nicely continues to carry forward the
heritage of rendering Buddha as per artistic dictates of the centuries old art.


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