Indrasmriti- Remembering Indra


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Creator/Artist: Harshvardhan Kadam

Category: Communication Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2005-2007

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1999-2008

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Shilpa Ranade


Detailed Description

Indra Smruti is a small attempt towards remembering the most respected god from the Rigveda, who is no longer worshipped as a god, nor does there exist a temple of him. The title speaks all about the project – remembering Indra once again in today's era. The idea originated as an opportunity for visualising the dynasty of Indra. But as time travelled, more and more mysteries about the Vedic and the Hindu Sanskriti were revealed. The thought of Indra was no longer an idea. It took a shape of its own. It started evolving and revealing itself. Of course, the method which I followed made it possible. This evolving and revealing process is never ending. As we can see numerous icons of Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha, and Ram, and just by looking at them, we can state the icon. We tend to understand the character and recognise them. But Indra's character/icon is not so visible through Hindu iconography. This project is about exploring Indra the way I have perceived and absorbed her. I did not want my expressions to be very stereotyped comic style. The initial explorations were very much like the conventional comics style, but later on I tried exploring in my personal style, though the style was not an issue. The later explorations were more expressive. I tried to draw a line between comics' style and the miniature paintings.