Celebrating the Chandrabindu II
The work is a result of the artist's fascination of the devanagari script's chandra bindu derivatives of which are found in the tibetan umê and Uchen scripts, Bhutanese Dzongka,and Sikkimese Drendzongké amongst other Sino Tibetic scripts around central Asia and the high plateaus.To the Artist the ' Moon -Dot' is mystic in its simplistic artisitic stroke of a crescent moon surrounding a dot. it seems to be a protective bowl cradling the very soul and some believe that the crescent and dot represents the land of the perfect soul. The crescent, the shape of an inverted umbrella is considered the shape of the universe. While also reminiscent of the urdhva-pundra tilaka in the form of a U-shape usually with a red dot inside, worn by Vaishnavas, the followers of Vishnu, the chandra bindu also reminds the artist of the crescent moon and star symbol, transcending cultures.

Ofcourse the chandrabindu is intrinsic to the famous and sacred Aum where it is by some believed to repre-sent Vishnu. Interpretations of the symbol of ॐ (aum) containing three curves, one semicircle and a dot is that the large lower curve symbolizes the waking state; the upper curve denotes deep sleep (or the uncon-scious) state, and the curve between the two (which lies between deep sleep and the waking state) signifies the dream state. Coming to the Chandrabindu, the dot signifies the Absolute (fourth or Turiya state of con-sciousness),the semicircle symbolizes "maya" and separates the dot from the other three curves. The semi-circle is open on the top, which means that the absolute is infinite and is not affected by maya.

Even if taken as just a Devanagri diacritic placed above the top-line of vowels, in order to emphatically nasalize their sound, in the view of the artist, the Sacred Aum (the vibrant resonance of which has deep conotations and significance in the creation of the world) is incomplete in its very essence without the Chandrabindu.
Size 18 X 50 // Acrylic on canvas
Acquired via Art for Concern