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<p>The art may be ancient, but Pune-based artist Adrita Das's Tumblr project Gods Taking Selfies is contemporary culture staring right back at you</p>

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Adrita Das

Adrita Das

For an atheist who claims that her mother had a Facebook account before she did, 24-year-old Adrita Das is pretty keyed into both, religious iconography and social media. Fresh out of design school, and part of a new generation of artists that has grown up in the social media age, she's the creator of Gods Taking Selfies — a Tumblr account (selfiegods) which collects together devotional images and miniature paintings, all Photoshopped to include smart phones.

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