Visit from Vilasini dd

Sun, May 05, 2013 by Bhumi Devi Dasi

Our head architect from Pune was recently in Mayapur for some meetings with the TOVP staff. Below is an account of her time here and the progress she made with the Art Department. Every 10am in Pune, I open my window peering as far as I can into the construction and design of TOVP as

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Tagged under: art department, Bhaskara, Drdha Vrata, murti, parampara, Parvata Muni, prototype, sadbhuja, Vilasini

Elephant Pillars in Progress

Tue, February 26, 2013 by Bhumi Devi Dasi

The Art Department has been actively expanding over the recent months. The images from the drawings are coming to life as sculptors and masons shape their masterpieces on the temple site. The most exciting endeavor has been the recent development of one of the elephants at the main entrance to the temple. There will be

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Tagged under: Drdha Vrata Das, elephant, pillars, prototype

Labor of Love

Fri, September 28, 2012 by Bhumi Devi Dasi

The art department has made amazing progress since beginning the clay figures of the parampara. Plaster molds are being made of the finished clay models and will then be cast in fiberglass. The fiberglass figures will be used as visuals to establish the best placement of each on the altar. Pandals will be built inside

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Tagged under: art, Bhaskara, Jananivas, Manju Laksita, Pankajanghri, parampara, plaster, prototype