About The Art Show

Following the success of Irai Idam Ivar at Orikkai, the three day planned art show at DOT is now extended to one month. With Dr. Sudha Seshayyan, Vice Chancellor of The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, as the Chief Guest and Mr. M. Sovan Kumar, Regional Secretary, Lalit Kala Akademi as the Guest of Honors, the DOT Art Gallery was inaugurated on Nov 17th, displaying paintings of theological artist Shri Manivelu. The Guests felt blessed to see the paintings of most of the divines at one place. These 4 decade old paintings reflected all the minute details of the deity, like the embellishments, garlands etc, which were used for decoration then.

As a part of this initiative, to create positive vibes amongst students, artists and the general public, DOT takes pleasure in honoring thirty eminent personalities during these thirty days. DOT believes this would create more awareness about the guests amongst the students, parents and the visitors of the gallery. This would also recognize the tremendous work and dedication of the guests towards their profession.

17/11/2021 to 03/01/2022
DOT Art Gallery, DOT School of Design, Ambattur, Chennai
About The Artist

Shri. Manivelu was born in the year 1941 to Shri Arumuga Achariyar in the village of Sikkal. The family, with the blessings of Shri Sikkal Singaravelavar, was contributing to the society of bhakthi, by creating deity sculptures. It was a blessing to Shri. Manivelu to have his dad as his guru. His father’s art form of sculptures, especially a sculpture of the chrysanthemum flower, induced his interest in drawing images. He delved into spiritualism through his art forms and never had considered this as a means of income or a hobby. He paid his fullest concentration to depict this truest form of bhakthi under the guidance of his beloved father, understanding the nuances of Shilpa Sastra. His reputed gurus are Kalaimagal artist Shri Kumaraswamy and Shri Mahadevan a.k.a Maya.

His divine art forms have been presented in popular magazines like Gnyana Boomi, "Hinduism Today” (from Hawaii islands), Sakthi Vikatan etc. The art form of the "Thithi Devadas" is his spectacular achievements. Shri MAM Chidambaram Chettiyar recognised his 40 years’ dedication to this art by rewarding him in the year 2017.

The octogenarian, honorable legend Shri Manivelu has been bestowed by the blessings of His Holiness Jagadguru Shri Jayandara Saraswathy and Shri Shri His Holiness Sri Viiyendra Saraswathi Swamijis at his residence in 1995.

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