In Pics: Satya Mohan Joshi’s ‘Chakrasamvara,’ his ‘last wish,’ being prepared

KATHMANDU: Culturalist Satya Mohan Joshi’s ‘Chakrasamvara’ is being prepared as his ‘last wish’ at his house in Bakhumbahal, Patan.

Last year, Joshi donated his property to the Lok Sahitya Parishad, which was founded in 1984, last year. The same Chakrasamvara is being built on the wall of the council building’s second floor. This Pauba painting, which has been in the works for about five months, is being completed under the supervision of a well-known folk painter.

Joshi had offered to make a Pauba picture in the council a few months before as his’last wish’ to the original Pauba makers. “When he said it was his last wish, the responsibility came that he had to make it anyway,” the painter explained to Makalu Khabar, “and he asked to make this wall painting so that Nepali original art could also be collected in Lok Sahitya Parishad.”

Joshi’s idea to create a painter is the image that those who practice Tantra Vidya and believe in Chakrasamvara Buddhism require. According to painter Rabin Maharjan, a cycle is completed after the combination of Vajravarahi and Sambhar, which is known as Chakrasamvara.

He said that there would be five Buddhas in the center of Chakrasamvara. ‘This Pauba is made by placing a cotton cloth on a wooden board and will last for centuries,’ he explained. It measures 20 feet long by 5 feet wide.’

The image uses only natural colors. The painters estimate that finishing Chakrasamwara will take another two months.

The cost of creating this image is estimated to be 43 lakh rupees. Satya Mohan Joshi spent 350,000 to make this picture. The remainder of the funds came from donations, state and local governments, according to the painter.

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-Saroj Basnet/MK