Matsya Avatara Painting | Dasavataram Series : 1

🎶Pārkadal alai melae pāmbanaiyin melae
Palli kondāi ranganātha🎶
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Starting Dasāvathāram Series! 😄
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🐬MATSYĀVATĀRAM🐬
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pralaya-payodhi-jâle dhritavân asi vedam
vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam
kes’ava dhrita-mîna-s’arîra
jaya jagadîs’a hare
                   – Sri Dasavatara Stotra (Jayadeva Goswami, Gita Govinda)

In the waters of deluge, to preserve the knowledge of Vedas,
You held the Vedas like a vessel undeflected from its course.
O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a fish! All glories to You!
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Done using shading pencils, black gel pen and watercolor for the BG.🙃

The reference picture is from Swami Harshananda’s Hindu Gods and Goddesses (published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore).