Image: THIRUVALLUVAR ORIGINAL PORTRAIT

Description: A manuscript a creation of sage Thiruvalluvar which has been recognized accepted and celebrated as one of the greatest creation of the poetic genius did not have the form of the author. Nobody really knew how Sage Thiruvalluvar looked like. The writings of sage Thiruvalluvar transcend the limitation of all types of sacrileism including religion caste and even continental differences. Therefore the form that was portrayed for sage Thiruvalluvar demanded that it should be acceptable for the people who were inspired by the wisdom and did not want it to be particular sects or class and Shri. Venugopal sarma was very successful in portraying sage Thiruvalluvar form based on several years of research in art form that was available. He was able to the produce the most befitting form for sage Thiruvalluvar. Usually art forms in somewhere or the other have are depict the flavour of the land and its natural marks in their works. For a sample in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci , Pablo Picasso ,Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo all the paintings have an unconscious underlined flavour of the lands and the cultures from which they came. But the form which Shri Venugopal sarma portrayed and created for sage Thiruvalluvar does not represent any ethnic underlined marks in it. When you see the image you are unable to say whether sage Thiruvalluvar was an American or a European or a Greek or a Mongolian or Italian or a Chinese any such hints or marks are not there in the beautiful form that Shri.Venugopal Sharma created for sage Thiruvalluvar. In fact the form that Shri Venugopal Sharma has provided has created from his ability to visualize the genius that he was has been accepted and his work has been celebrated by the Tamils all over the world. All the honours that were done to this historical portrayal of sage Thiruvalluvar in the year 1959 by global leaders of art and culture are available in audio form and are preserved by his family members till today.
Title: THIRUVALLUVAR ORIGINAL PORTRAIT
Credit: My fathers own property
Author: K.R.Venugopal Sarma, Author of approved thiruvalluvar portrait by government of india
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