Padma - the lotus

Padma is the beautiful maiden with lips that curve like the lotus petals, she speaks so sweet and has a pleasant nature.

Snigdha - the gentle and tender

Like the heart of every Indian women the caring and gentle persona of women in general, Snigdha is the epitome of tenderness. She cares for all and tends to everyone's needs. She is like the blossoming flower that only blooms to spread its fragrance for others to enjoy.

Ranjani - Joy of dancing

Atlataddi - Ladies Festival

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Chilaka - The pretty Parrot

Kalamkari Parrot

Kalamkari Peacock

Recently I found the beauty in the traditional art of kalamkari so I have experimented on a few of my own. A blend of the traditional with the modren, but I tried to stay true to the original.

Veena

Veena - the musical instrument of the goddess of knowledge.

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Pushpavalli

Pushpavalli - means a flowery vine. Lady so beautiful that God created new hues to color her. Her perfumes envelop those who approach her in a serene repose.

Artistic birds

 

The tribal art of Andra has a unique style of its own.

Nagini

Nagini or nagakanya is a female snake. Hindu legends have many stories about kamarupadhari snakes which can assume any human form. They are always described to be extremly beautiful, and incredible dancers. The snake dance is an extremly complicated dance which require full body flexibility, complex moves with postures that resemble the movements of snakes.

Om Namah Shivaaya

In the beginning there was nothing but darkness; cold complete and utter darkness. The Universe was barren and still, void of all existence. Nothing existed, not a grain of sand or a speck of light or a hint of sound. Days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries could have gone by without anybody knowing, for time did not exist. And then there was light, a cosmic inferno burst out from this concentrated darkness tearing it apart with such a force that it filled the entire universe with its bright and blazing light.

The Primal Energy woke from his deep slumber.

Urvasi

The most gorgeous of the heavenly maidens, whose divine dance could move the strictest of men. Her feminine charm was all Indra needed to seduce and divert the mind of Rishi Vishwamitra from getting his position.

Abhaya Mudra

Celestial Maiden

Deva Kanya - A celestial maiden descending upon the earth for a vacation. Our puranas and itihasas mention that though swargalokam (the heavens) contain everything a man could ever wish for, the celestial beings often come to earth to enjoy the beauties of nature. They like to visit the beautiful waterfalls, they come to offer their obeisance to the Gods in the temples on earth, they come to look at the kings and princes who are famed to be good and courageous and favour them with their love. But they are also very temperamental, they are as notorious for their beauty as they are to curse those who offend them.

Usha

This goddess, representative of the Dawn, is a favourite object of celebration with the Vedic poets, and "the hymns addressed to her are among the most beautiful—if not the most beautiful—in the entire collection." * She is described as the daughter of the Sky, has Night for her sister.

Ushas is said † to travel in a shining chariot drawn by ruddy horses or cows. Like a beautiful maiden dressed by her mother, a dancing girl covered with jewels, a gaily-attired wife appearing before her husband, or a beautiful girl corning from her bath, she, smiling and confiding in the irresistible power of her attractions, unfolds her bosom to the gaze of the beholders. She dispels the darkness, disclosing the treasures it concealed. She illuminates the world, revealing its most distant extremities. She is the life and health of all things, causing the birds to fly from their nests, and, like a young housewife, awaking all her creatures, sends them forth to the pursuit of their varied occupations. She does good service to the gods, by causing the worshippers to awake, and the sacrificial fires to be lighted. She is asked to arouse only the devout and liberal, while she allows the niggardly to sleep on. She is young, being born every day; and yet she is old, being immortal.The people lost much of their poetic fire; hence the more human and practical deities caused the more poetical ones to pass into oblivion. The changing colours of the dawn are compared to the many-coloured robes of the dancing girl; the golden tipped clouds that appear ere the sun shines in his strength, are like the jewels of a bride decked for her husband; whilst the quiet modesty of the dawn herself is like a shy maiden, conscious indeed of her beauty, entering society under the protection of her mother.

On the Clouds

Dance of Moonsoon

 

The Celestial Nymph Dancing to the sound of Thunder or was her foot making the sounds of Thunder. Whatever it may be This Divine Creature made the moonsoon come home early with her dance.

Pretty Princess's Precious Proud Peacock Pet

Rainbow Princess

The most beautiful Rainbow Princess

Apsara Kanya

Apsara Kanyalu are divine maidens who sometimes come to earth to bestow their blessings on worthy warriors.