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Awakening Shakti, Illustrated by Ekabhumi, Out This February

Intricate illustrations of Hindu goddesses by OESA’s Ekabhumi will appear Sally Kempton’s upcoming book, Awakening Shakti, from Sounds True Press. Available nation-wide in February, 2013.

Saraswati [detail] — Saraswati [detail]. This goddess is patroness of creativity, art, learning and mantras. In accordance with tradition, she is shown astride a swan and playing the veena.

Kali dancing [detail]. — Kali dancing [detail]. Ekabhumi notes that he is “depicting her with the type of sword I saw in Kerala, which I think looks awesome, scary, and flame-like.”

Preliminary drawing of Dhumavati [detail]. — Preliminary drawing of Dhumavati [detail]. She is the primordial darkness, the original chaos underlying creation, silence itself.

Durga killing Shumbha and Nishumbha [detail]. — Durga killing Shumbha and Nishumbha [detail]. This version is unusual in that she is depicted killing two demons at the same time.

Krishna and Radha [detail]. — Krishna and Radha [detail]. In Ekabhumi’s drawing the figures are intertwined to make it difficult to tell who is holding the flute!

Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha and Skanda [detail]. — Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha and Skanda [detail]. With the children seated on their parents’ laps the composition is more cohesive and gives a sense of a sense of familial intimacy.

Vishnu, Brahma and Lakshmi [detail]. — Vishnu, Brahma and Lakshmi [detail]. In this cosmology, before the manifest universe takes form, Vishnu slumbers.

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