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The Indian

Saint Project

India Habitat Centre

16/03/2025-13/04/2024

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Displayed on large illuminated light boxes, the exhibition presents the first series of saint paintings by The Indian Saint Project. The carefully crafted digital, hand-painted iconographies create a map of the saints' pivotal life events, philosophies, and teachings, inviting viewers to experience the saints’ inspiring vāṇī (voice) through visual form.

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Each saint featured in this project transcended religious, social, and cultural boundaries, profoundly transforming their surroundings. They broadened the scope of human thought and cultivated kalyāṇ (well-being), spreading goodness throughout the world.

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Our visual research draws inspiration from the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) and the Bazaar Art movement, which flourished alongside the rise of the modern Mahā-Guru phenomenon, depicting Indian gods, goddesses, and epic scenes.

 

Here, we re-painted Varma's depiction of goddess Durga slaying the demon Mahishasura.

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Like a blindfolded man abandoned in a foreign land‭, ‬one needs a teacher in life‭. ‬One of the metaphors used by‭ ‬Uddālaka‭ ‬Āruni to teach his son‭ ‬Śvetaketu in the Chāndogya‭ ‬Upanisad‭, ‬Chapter 6‭. ‬The teachings and the‭ ‬frame story are depicted in the exhibition’s ceramic relief‭.‬

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