Snehendu Kar
About the Image(s)
This collage is made of segments of four images of (1) the torso of a model, (2) a live python {borrowed from a street entertainer on the Santa Monica (CA) beach} wrapped around the neck of the model, ( 3 ) the face of my favorite niece, and (4) a distorted chrysanthemum flower. The collage is made with PHotoshop. The image is inspired by the description of Goddess Manasha in Hindu mythology(see below). A sect of Indian Gypsies (Roma) calls themselves "Sapureys" are traditional snake charmers.
Manasa, goddess of snakes, worshipped mainly in Bengal and other parts of northeastern India, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and general prosperity. As the protector of children, she is often identified with the goddess Shashti (“the Sixth”; worshipped on the sixth day after birth). The written texts that contain her myth, the Manasa-mangals, date from the 16th“17th century but are probably based on an earlier oral tradition. She is also celebrated in a variety of songs, dances, and dramas in the villages. Manasa may be related to the nagas, legendary half-human, half-cobra figures in India.
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7 comments posted
Thanks for your encouragement and suggestion.I agree with you and have
followed your suggestion in my master
copy of the image.
Best,
Snehendu   Posted: 10/23/2019 13:37:47
Thanks..... you are right! She is very happy ....... that made it more than worthwhile for me.
Snehendu
  Posted: 10/24/2019 19:52:42