Press release Shivaji Exhibition
Sri B S Yeddyurappa, Karnataka C.M will Inaugurate the Exhibition titled "A Hero for Modern India : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj" today 27th September 2008 at 4.30 PM, Gallery G, 7th lavelle cross road, Bangalore. The much famous and successful Shivaji Exhibition was unvieled first in Mumbai by Mr Narendra Modi along with H H Sri Sri Ravishankar in March this year. The exhibition portrays the qualities of Chatrpati Shivaji and tries to bring the forgotten and rare moments of his life back in to public memory.
The exhibition will be screened in Bangalore from 27th sept to 5th october by FACT INDIA. FACT - India is committed to highlighting the magnificence of India and the threats to its sovereignty.
The Exhibition is blending Art and History. Art by the Rajastani miniature artists in water colours based on Archival records from the GOI Department of museums. History comes to life with the copies of original letters and court documents from Rajastani and Moghul courts.Why Shivaji? Shivaji, was endowed with talents of the highest order and a clear vision, the only one who stood-up to the injustice. He had also an inspiring and endearing personality which spontaneously commanded respect, loyalty and the highest sacrifices from his devoted soldiery and peasants.Shivaji is relevant today because, He embodied all the qualities that politicians should possess, but do not always have: he was just, firm and stood for the weak; he was an honest and able administrator; he confronted the enemy and was not cowed into submission; he was devoted to Mother India, who appeared to him as Bhavani; he was ruthless with his enemies, but spared women, children; he had respect for all religions.
Other FACT INDIA initiatives include Sikhs: the defenders of Indian Dharma, Aurangzeb as he was according to the Moghul records, ASRU: Exhibition on persecution of Minorities in Bangladesh, Pathetic state of Kashmiri Pandits, Ahilyabai Holkar, the Warrior Queen, Naxalism, a threat to the Unified Nation of India.
For more information please write to
contact@fact-india.com or
visit us at www.fact-india.com
Contact:
Gallery g
38 maini sadan
7th lavelle cross road
Bangalore-560001
Tel: 080-22219275
http://www.gallerygbangalore.com
Here is an online exhibition of the same.
http://www.shivajimaharaj.info/
A Hero for Modern India : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
The exhibition will be screened in Bangalore from 27th sept to 5th october by FACT INDIA. FACT - India is committed to highlighting the magnificence of India and the threats to its sovereignty.
The Exhibition is blending Art and History. Art by the Rajastani miniature artists in water colours based on Archival records from the GOI Department of museums. History comes to life with the copies of original letters and court documents from Rajastani and Moghul courts.Why Shivaji? Shivaji, was endowed with talents of the highest order and a clear vision, the only one who stood-up to the injustice. He had also an inspiring and endearing personality which spontaneously commanded respect, loyalty and the highest sacrifices from his devoted soldiery and peasants.Shivaji is relevant today because, He embodied all the qualities that politicians should possess, but do not always have: he was just, firm and stood for the weak; he was an honest and able administrator; he confronted the enemy and was not cowed into submission; he was devoted to Mother India, who appeared to him as Bhavani; he was ruthless with his enemies, but spared women, children; he had respect for all religions.
Other FACT INDIA initiatives include Sikhs: the defenders of Indian Dharma, Aurangzeb as he was according to the Moghul records, ASRU: Exhibition on persecution of Minorities in Bangladesh, Pathetic state of Kashmiri Pandits, Ahilyabai Holkar, the Warrior Queen, Naxalism, a threat to the Unified Nation of India.
For more information please write to
contact@fact-india.com or
visit us at www.fact-india.com
Contact:
Gallery g
38 maini sadan
7th lavelle cross road
Bangalore-560001
Tel: 080-22219275
http://www.gallerygbangalore.com
Here is an online exhibition of the same.
http://www.shivajimaharaj.info/
A Hero for Modern India : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
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