Christmas Day was a bit different. Sitting by the river, i painted the peaceful waters flowing past. This area is famous for the story of Shiva holding the poison Halahala in his throat, to stop it destroying all of creation. The poison surfaced after the ocean was “churned” revealing divine jewels, and the goddess Lakshmi. Shiva bathed in the Ganges here to soothe himself. Shiva saved the world and became as Nilkanth, or the blue throated one.
Maybe I’ll paint the story some day, but here is a painting i did of Shiva and his blue throat a couple of years ago.
