(approx 560x400mm)

Vintage framed print of Gayatri - the personified form of the Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from Vedic texts. She is also known as Savitri, and bears the epithet of Vedamata (mother of the Vedas). Imported from India, it dates from the mid 20th century. To prolong the life of the fragile print, it has been professionally block mounted. The print is now stable and doesn’t need glazing, so there is no glass in this picture.

Worship of the murti, the sacred image, is central to Hinduism. Many of the nineteenth century reform movements rejected the practice as outdated and superstitious. Nonetheless, sacred-image worship remains central today in helping Hindus establish, express and enhance their relationship with these divinities. This beautiful framed print was once perceived as not just an image of a God, it was a God - a God incarnate in his printed image.