Vijay Gaur is an artist from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh who comes from a family of idol-makers and he holds national record for painting 3,500 images of Lord Ganesha at Siddhi Vinayak Temple, Mumbai and he painted these images in 51 hours continuously in 2009[1] His achievement is recorded in Limca Book of Records.[1] He has produced more than 2 lakhs images or drawings of Ganesha in sketches, oil paintings, collages, stone etc.[1]
Kittur Chennamma Statue edit
He has sculpted statue of Kittur Chennamma, which was installed in the Parliament House complex at New Delhi on 11 September 2007 and unveiled by President of India, Pratibha Patil.[2] The statue measures 13 feet 7 inches in height and 5 feet 2 inches in breadth and weighs four tons and depicts the Rani Chennamma in astride position on a horse.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Singh, Anuraag (26 May 2010). "Artist eyes another Ganesha record". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Kittur Rani statue unveiled". The Hindu. 12 September 2007. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Awaiting installation of Chennamma statue". The Hindu. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2012.