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Rampur

The artist has painted a railway station of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. The name of the railway station is written in Hindi as well as in Urdu. A railway line is seen near the platform. A very young traveller who is a devotee of Shri Ram is tired and is resting for the train to arrive. In this series the artist has depicted devotees of very young age to very old age. The artist states that age is not the reason to be a devotee of Shri Rama. He depicts the message that Shri Ram helps everyone to reach his destination without discriminating on the bases of good and bad, pious or evil. A black dog is also shown in the painting; he is not lazily resting or sleeping but is awake and fully alert. The dog is sitting under the concrete sign board of the station. He is symbolizing Ram leaving Ayodhya. People of Ayodhya had accompanied their beloved prince till the banks of Ganga. While people slept at night tired walking all the way with Ram’s chariot; he left Ayodhya in Guha’s boat with Sita and Lakshman. The name of station is Rampur which is based on the name of Shri Rama symbolizing that some have left and some are waiting. No wait lasts forever, time is sure to pass. The station will also receive the passenger who are about to come. The young devotee is carrying very few luggages with him; he has one metal kamandal, one stick and few things tied in a piece of cloth. He has used the doshala as a resting place for his head or as a pillow. He is sleeping in a raised platform under a tree, right hand tuck under his face for support. He is wearing a turban, rectangle beads of tulsi woven in a thread in his neck and a dhoti. He has a very well shaped eyebrows and fish shaped eyes, long sharp nose, smiling lips and well developed chin. He is of good physique with long tapering finger. A small mosquito is sitting in his left upper arms. The observation of the artist to the minute detail is unique. At this moment the mosquito looks like curse but it can be a boon in waiting. Just as slicing off the arms of Stomach Kabandha by Ram and Lakshman helps Kabandha shift his attention from finding food to reflect on his hunger.


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Title : Rampur
Date created : 2003
Physical Dimensions : W 28 x H 38 cm.
Type : Water colour on Paper
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Sanat Art Foundation
Prantika , Hiewn, Neri Seri Road
Shimla – 171005 , Himachal Pradesh, India
mail_outline sanatchatterjee@gmail.com

Location :

flight 22 km from Shimla Airport
directions_railway 1.5 km from Railway Station
directions_bus 2 km from Bus Stop

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