We were commissioned to make a large canvas oil portrait painting, measuring 52 inches by 54 inches of Mahavatar Babaji, and stunned to learn about the pop band Beatles connection!
Mahavatar Babaji has been a part of popular culture for the better part of the century. Mahavatar Babaji is present in the famous pop band Beatles' 1967 album cover, Sergeant Peppers's lonely hearts band, and George Harrison's 1974 album Dark Horse. The 2002 Tamil film Baba written by Rajinikanth on Mahavatar Babaji.
According to legend, Mahavatar Babaji is a "deathless" Guru. It is believed Mahavatar Babaji lives in the Himalayas for hundreds of years and still retains his youth. Mahavatar Babaji is the name given to his guru by Indian yogi Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya (1828-1895) and numerous of his disciples, who appeared to them between 1861 and 1935, as recounted in various books and biographies. According to Yogananda's autobiography, Mahavatar Babaji lived in the remote Himalayan regions of India for at least hundreds of years, seen by only a tiny handful of disciples and others. According to Pranabananda, Mahavatar Babaji is ageless, and no one is aware of Babaji's age, family, and place of birth.
We made the portrait painting of Mahavatar Babaji from a photo shared with us. The oil painting depicts Mahavatar Babaji seated on the ground in a yogic posture of padmasana (cross-legged Lotus position) deep in meditation of Lord Shiva also known as Mahadev in the Himalayas. Lord Shiva, seated on a tiger skin behind Babaji, with a serpent around his neck and adorning the crescent moon in his matted hair with his third eye closed with his kamadalu (small copper vessel) near his left hand, with a calm expression, also in deep meditation. In the distance, the snow-clad Mount Kailasha, the abode of Lord Shiva can be seen.
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Oil portrait painting of Deathless Guru Mahavator Babaji by Paintphotographs.com
