The Pipal Leaf, water colour, poster gold & white, on paper, 22" x 30", 2015

அஅஅஅஅஅ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ எஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎஎஎஎஎஎ

எஎஎஎ எஎஎஎ

- Balaji Srinivasan

Crossing the seven thresholds

the white triangle platform

the seed vibrates to the notes of the bell

Zulaikha awaits union

Pass through the struggles yusuf

Sita decides

the Pinaka breaks

seeks asylum under the Asoka

Cupid's arrows torments the lady divine within

are they not her missiles?

wavy leaves enlivens

Bodhi tree bears Buddha

dwelling in the jewel of thought

lotus opens its thousand petals

flows forever the endless happiness.

Balaji Srinivasan

The elements :

Sri Yantra in the background ( supporting the position of the

'Athi-Rahasya Yogini, the presiding deity of the eighth chakra -
Sarvasiddhippradha)
Lajja Gowri in the centre (the embodiment of the hreem bija,
the cosmic mother in her bloom)
Pinaka in its broken state ('Arai mani' symbolising the male,
attached to the string)
'Arasilai' the feminine shown in clusters as a pipal tree
Pancha tanmatras shown in the form of the cupids arrows
Andal's vision of the pancha tanmatras as a reflection of the
divine shown as the peacock feather, clitoria, koel, Kaya flower
and the cranberry.
Stability between the pleasure and pain symbolized with the
Ashoka blossoms.
The omnipresence and omniscience of the vision symbolized by
the bronze age motif (Indus valley) of pipal leaf, filigree pipal
leaf and the realistic pipal leafs and the Buddhist tantric
symbol-the viswavajra and the Jaina symbol of the Hreem bija.