The priest of art: A priest who
creates and paints excellent artwork.
A few years ago on one of my
regular trips to Goa, I visited Sankhlim and also went to Shri Rudeshwar temple
at Harwalem and had peek at the monsoon waterfall, and met the Purohit,
Shivanand Pandurang Bhat Kedekar, responsible for performing the rituals at the
temple; is also a talented and creative artist with a deft touch of hand,
creating works of immense art and spirituality. After talking to him, he showed
me some of the earlier and recent creations exhibited in the traditional house,
in the precinct of the temple and later visited his home cum studio, a little
away from the temple. He speaks Konkani and fluent Marathi.
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| Shri Rudeshwar
temple in Harwalem, Sankhlim |
He is an affable
man and quite knowledgeable too. I spoke to him about his life, paintings and
creative works of art which are impressive.
Shivanand Kedekar's paintings take art
to the next level
He unleashes
his creative magic on the canvas and other mediums.
he stated.
More about Shivanand Kedekar
Shivanand Pandurang bhat Khedekar was born at Savoi
Verem, Ponda in Goa on 22 June 1955. After his birth when he was six
months old, his father shifted from his native place to Harvalem, Sankhalim -
Goa to work as a priest at Rudreshwar temple.
He passed secondary school education in 1972 from
Progress High School Sankhali, Goa.
Secured
Bachelors degree in Fine Arts (B.F.A) with specialization in murals of Bombay University in 1977 at Goa College of Arts,
Panaji and he was the first class first student of the first batch.
He worked in Goa Government at the Design and
Development Center as Technical Assistant from 1978 to 1984. He later resigned
his government job due to his father’s death in 1984.
Has experience in float designs participating in
Republic day parade at Delhi and pavilion designs at Delhi on behalf of Goa
state. He exhibited his paintings
and landscapes at various art galleries and private collections in Goa and abroad at International Trade Fare at
Pragati Maidan.
He was a winner of the Goa state, award for
sculpture in 1986.
He works on the traditional Goan ancient motifs
and antiques in temples and church, life and nature.
Due to the meditation and religious thoughts one can
see that his paintings are related to lord Ganesha, sun, moon, sea, ocean and
universe from where his thoughts, creativity emerges from his heart and
thoughts, he tells me.
His paintings and creative artworks speaks of spirituality and a quiet calmness. Apart from painting, he works on different mediums like wood, metal, stone, etc.
Today he is over 56 but still works for
hours together sometimes more than ten hours, even at night which according to
him is nothing but only gurukrupa.
"Matrudevo bhava,
My visit was thought-provoking and interesting at the same time at the expression of art and spirituality. I had a look around the temple and the roaring waterfall across the temple compound and lot of people coming to meet the Purohit to perform rituals as per Hindu tradition. A place where nature, spirituality and art combine to express at its best.
My visit was thought-provoking and interesting at the same time at the expression of art and spirituality. I had a look around the temple and the roaring waterfall across the temple compound and lot of people coming to meet the Purohit to perform rituals as per Hindu tradition. A place where nature, spirituality and art combine to express at its best.
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