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Lord Ganesh gets a makeover
Updated On: 21 May, 2017 10:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Benita Fernando
Move over Ravi Varma. The 10 avatars of Vishnu and the eight forms of Lakshmi have been re-imagined in a new coffee table book


When Vijayakumar Arumugam started sketching Brahma, he knew the tables had turned. To imagine the supreme creator of the Hindu pantheon on a digital medium was an act that was both exhilarating and daunting for this Mumbai-based illustrator. Brahma, like his counterparts in the Hindu trinity, is a deity whose form is now part of religious lore and popular culture. With his four heads, immaculate white beard and sage-appeal, Brahma epitomises elderly wisdom. In Arumugam's hands, however, the god looks less like a pensive hermit and more like a formidable warrior - the severe jaw line and broad neck are surely not of the Brahma we are used to.


