Building with Fire

The tile work was all done in my Pondicherry studio and moved to the temple after firing. Protima Gauri was sadly killed in an avalanche on a pilgrimage to Lake Mansarovar in the Himalaya just before the completion of the shrine. This is a portrait of Protima, head shaved. The hand position is a mudra from the Odissi dance discipline. The bee taking honey from the lotus.