EXHIBITION "Avalokitesvara/Guanyin: Feminine symbolism in Buddhist Art" a photography show at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 1, Central Vista (CV) Mess, Janpath > 27th March to 10th April 2017

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27th March : 10:30 am Add to Calendar 27/03/2017 10:30 27/03/2017 12:00 Asia/Kolkata Opening of "Avalokitesvara/Guanyin: Feminine symbolism in Buddhist Art" a photography show Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/03/exhibition-avalokitesvaraguanyin.html Twin Art Gallery 2, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 1, Central Vista (CV) Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening
28th March to 10th April : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (All days open except Gazetted Holidays) Add to Calendar 28/03/2017 10:00 10/04/2017 18:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION "Avalokitesvara/Guanyin: Feminine symbolism in Buddhist Art" a photography show Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/03/exhibition-avalokitesvaraguanyin.html Twin Art Gallery 2, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 1, Central Vista (CV) Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free 

Venue : Twin Art Gallery 2, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 1, Central Vista (CV) Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001
Landmark : Opp. National Archives, adjoining India Gate Lawns
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Event Description : EXHIBITION "Avalokitesvara/Guanyin: Feminine symbolism in Buddhist Art" a photography show. 

Avalokitesvara is the most popular Mahayana Bodhisattva and his cult has played an important role in the growth of Mahayana Buddhism and art. The images of Avalokitesvara in India are not feminine, although the body has a sensual form. The well known painting of Padmapani in Cave No.1 of Ajanta no doubt has a sensuous body, but taken as a whole, looks a male Bodhisattva. The paintings of the famous artist Ravi Varma, do not show Hindu Gods as strongly masculine. Essential features of manliness like muscles, broad shoulders are present but there is a touch of conspicuous feminine quality in the images.
It is not known exactly when the Guan-yin came to be regarded as female deity for the first time. Majority of the scholars are of the opinion that the transformation of Guan-yin into female deity took place about the 11th century A. D. But this seems to have been the product of a long process and this might have been influenced by many factors combined to bring the sexual transformation.

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