Vastu Sastra : Vol. IIForeword: I deem it a privilege and also my duty to write a foreword for D. N. Shukla's book on Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting which forms Vol. IX of the Bharatiya Vastu sastra Series. Dr. Shukla himself planed out the series and he has already published five volumes of it. Of these as many as four are in Hindi, the fifth one on Hindu Canons of Painting being in English. This shows the bulk and magnitude of the work already done by him and

a steady stream of publications and numerous scholarly meetings of Sanskrit epic scholars

Vishnu took the form of a wild boar - the Varaaha Avatara

Vinayak attendants (that is ganas) create obstacles for human beings and they are troublesome and cruel

the left side is of his wife Parvati

Part II deals with Aditya and Nava Grahas (nine planets) and their symbolic features and images worshipped

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The lower right hand is in the abhaya mudra position

In this Kalamkari painting King Dasarath is shown pleading before the fire god Agnideva

This spectacular Kalamkari painting depicts a large tree in a most accomplished manner

whose ancient name is Rudra

The pouring down of rains

Surabhi the cow of plenty