The ginormous banyan tree stands thick and sturdy, rooted to Mother Earth. It spreads its nurturing shade wide around, without discrimination. No wonder that the banyan tree is a fixture in Indian spirituality and art, worshipped and immortalised because of its time-tested qualities.
The painting that you see on this page depicts one such banyan tree. It is located in the thick of the forest, in a gorgeous sunlit glade all its own. A couple of pandits have come to offer ritual worship at its root. The time is early morning. The sunlight dances upon the luxuriant canopy of the banyan tree, lending it an irresistible gold colour.
The painter’s use of colour makes this a visually striking composition. Thick, layered strokes of the brush define the red and blue shrubbery in the foreground and the rich earth in the background. The way the colours blend into each other give off a generous sense of the realistic.
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