In this talk, based on his recent book, A Sacred Journey (co-authored with his wife, Karuna Goswamy), Professor BN Goswamy will decode a series of hitherto un-identified Pahari paintings from the Kedara Kalpa manuscript, a relatively unknown Shaivite text. The paintings depict the journey of five pilgrims through uncharted territory to have a darshan of Shiva in Mt. Kailash. Through snow-capped peaks and golden stretches of land, the pilgrims keep travelling with uncommon resolve, traversing a range of geographical, emotional, and spiritual terrains in this illustrated lecture.

Free and open to the Public

Image Credit : Pilgrim devotees of Shiva pay homage to the Shiva Linga, installed in a temple of gold;  attributed to the family workshop of the painter Purkhu of Kangra, 1815-1825;  The Ashley Crawford Collection