Sacred Arts
"Invoking the sacred sentiments just by its existence is Sacred Arts. Be it clothes, or jewellery, or photographs or sculptures, that which invokes sacred sentiments just by its existence is Sacred Arts."
Nithyananda Sacred Arts University
All the sacred temple items like Deities, their jewels, vahanas and other accessories for deities and performing rituals are all made at Bengaluru Aadheenam’s Nithyananda Sacred Arts University.
Nithyananda Sacred Arts is established to preserve, revive and spread the Vedic temple arts, architecture and artefacts for people to live and experience the rich consciousness-based vedic heritage. ~ Paramahamsa Nithyananda Paramashivam
Accomplishments
- Continuously producing temple structures, deities, vahanas (vehicles of the deities), flagstaffs, temple jewelry, worship items, kavacham (sacred armors), sacred weapons, deity arches, crowns & jewelry of deities, chariots & thrones as per the Agama Shastra – the oldest available scriptural text of instructions from Lord Shiva.
- These sacred creations are sent to all the Nithyananda Hindu Temples and home temples in 33 countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Canada, Australia and many states of India
- Casting of metal deities in Panchaloha (5-metal combination of copper, brass, zinc, tin and gold), involving an elaborate and authentic process of a single mould for every metal casting, employing the following processes:
- Wax modelling of deities
- Covering the wax model with mud from the banks of the river Cauvery
- Melting the wax through extremely high temperatures
- Pouring molten metal into the mud mould to cast the deities
- Extracting the metal deity from the mould and finishing it through skilled sculpting work
- Temple arts in not only panchaloha, but also in silver, stone, sheet metal, marble and wood.
- Generating intricate line drawings and crafting the rare sculpting tools that are unavailable in the regular market.
- Employing the ‘Sithuzhivelai’ – extremely fine and nested carving on metal using extra-fine tools to show ornate details on the deity forms.
- Using only the coconut palm leaf for all measurements with the vedic unit of measurement called ‘talam’.
- Training, livelihood and growth opportunities to sthapathis – temple architects – and hundreds of artisans and their families, giving them economic stability to continue their family profession over generations.
- 1 lakh vedic artefacts collected from all over India, rejuvenated and distributed for everyday usage to infuse deeper consciousness and better health into modern day living.
References
https://www.facebook.com/ParamahamsaNithyananda/posts/nithyananda-sacred-arts-univercity-definedinvoking-the-sacred-sentiments-just-by/1428643037223542/ http://nithyananda.org/photo-gallery/nithyananda-diary-20th-december-2016-nithyananda-peetham-bengaluru-aadheenam-sadashivo#gsc.tab=0 http://www.sarvajnapeetha.org/preserving-proliferating-sacred-arts-2/