Prabhupada Portrait

Original Oil on Canvas

Details:
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 20" x 24"

Portrait of a guru, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was a rasika acharya, an expert in relishing the mellows of pure devotion as taught by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Such capacity to relish hearing and chanting about Godhead’s transcendental name, form, attributes, and pastimes is uncommon. For twelve years, beginning in 1965 until he disappeared from the mortal vision in 1977, His Divine Grace circled the globe transplanting what was thought by many to be an Indian religion onto foreign soil. He demonstrated practically that Gaudiya Vaisnavism is not a product of a particular culture, but the dharma of the soul. This painting was created for Govindaji Gardens ashram in South India.