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November 13, 2010 | American museums offering online Hinduism resources |
Nevada (US): Various museums and art galleries of USA are providing online resources on Hinduism. These include 'Hinduism and Hindu Art', 'Recognizing the Gods', 'Scenes from the Ramayana' and 'Krishna' (Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York); 'Puja', 'Devi', and 'Chola Bronzes from South India'
(Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC); 'Stories of Krishna' (Seattle Art Museum);
'Hinduism' (Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina); 'Art of India, Himalayas, and Southeast Asia' (The Art Institute of Chicago); "The Legend of Krishna', 'Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Art' and 'Warrior Kings and Divine Jesters' (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco); 'The Arts of Kashmir' and 'Chola Bronzes' (Asia Society, New York); etc. Applauding these museums and art galleries for providing Hinduism resources, prominent Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that art had a long and rich tradition in Hinduism and ancient Sanskrit
literature talked about religious paintings of deities on wood or cloth. Rajan
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged other major art
museums of the world, including Musee du Louvre and Musee d'Orsay of Paris, Los
Angeles Getty Center, Uffizi Gallery of Florence (Italy), Tate Modern of London,
Prado Museum of Madrid, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, etc., to frequently
organize Hindu art focused exhibitions, thus sharing the rich Hindu art heritage
with the rest of the world. Hinduism is the oldest and third largest religion
of the world with about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate
goal.
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