Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tanjore painting of Goddess Laxmi made with 24 carat gold foil and semi-precious stones.The size of this painting is 12 by 15 inches.The framed painting will measure 18 by 21 inches and will cost 190$ plus shipping charges.


Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth, luxury, fertility, fortune, purity, beauty, power, generosity and auspiciousness. She is claimed to fulfill the promises of material, wealth and contentment.


Lakshmi is depicted as a beautiful woman of golden complexion, with four hands, sitting or standing on a full-bloomed lotus and holding a lotus bud, which stands for beauty, purity and fertility. Her four hands represent the four ends of human life: dharma or righteousness, "kama" or desires, "artha" or wealth, and "moksha" or liberation from the cycle of birth and death.


Cascades of gold coins are seen flowing from her hands, suggesting that those who worship her gain wealth. She always wears gold embroidered red clothes. Red symbolizes activity and the golden lining indicates prosperity. Lakshmi is the active energy of Vishnu, and also appears as Lakshmi-Narayan - Lakshmi accompanying Vishnu.


Two elephants are often shown standing next to the goddess and spraying water. This denotes that ceaseless effort, in accordance with one's dharma and governed by wisdom and purity, leads to both material and spiritual prosperity.

Lord Krishna (baby)

Tanjore painting of Baby krishna the size of which is 6 by 7 inches.The framed painting will measure 8.5 by 9.5 and will cost 40$ plus shipping charges.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tanjore painting of Lord Satyanarayana made with 24 carat gold foil and semi-precious stones.The dimensions are 34 by 28 inches,the framed painting will measure 40 by 34 inches and will cost 650 $ plus shipping charges.

Goddess Saraswati

This is a miniature Tanjore Painting of Goddess Saraswati the size of which is 6 by 7 inches.The framed painting will measure 8.5 by
9.5 inches and  will cost 40 $ plus shipping charges.
Goddess Saraswati  is the wife  of Lord Brahma and possesses the powers of speech, wisdom and learning. She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning; mind, intellect, alertness and ego. She has sacred scriptures in one hand and a lotus (a symbol of true knowledge) in the second. With her other two hands she plays the music of love and life on the violin (veena).She is dressed in white (sign of purity) and rides on a white goose.







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Jesus Christ

Tanjore painting of Lord Jesus Christ made with 24 carat gold foil .The dimensions are 10 by 8 inches,the framed painting will measure 15 by 13 inches.The cost of this painting is70 $ plus shipping charges.

Sitting lord ganesha

Tanjore painting of sitting Lord ganesha made with 24 carat gold foil .The size of the painting is 10 by 8 inches.The framed painting will measure 15 by 13 inches and will cost 70 $ plus shipping charges.


.Lord Ganesha is the god of beginnings, knowledge, wisdom, intellect and eradicator of obstacles. Lord Ganesha is the child of lord Shiva and goddess Parvati. He is the elder brother of lord Kartikay. Ganesha is the most extensively worshipped god in Hindu way of life. Each sort of worship whether tantric or spiritual starts with the prayers of Ganesha in Hinduism as he is known as the eradicator of obstacles . He is worshipped in the starting of any auspicious event for blessings and hassle-free work. Lord Ganesha is invoked as the "Patron of Letters" at the beginning of any writing.

Lord Balaji

Tanjore painting of Lord Balaji made with 24 carat gold foil and semi precious stones.The size of the painting is 24 by 18 inches. The framed painting will measure 29 by 23inches and will cost 500 $ plus shipping charges.
Venkateshwara (Venkateshwer or Venkatachalapathi) is another form of Lord Vishnu who is also very popular as a Hindu deity. He is also known as Balaji or Bithala.

He has a dark complexion and four hands. In his two upper hands he holds a discus (a symbol of power) and a conch s hell (a symbol of existence). With his lower hands extended downward he asks devotees to have faith and surrender to him for protection.