Baba Nanak’s philosophy signifies questioning and reasoning. At a young age his Bani talks of futility of customs. He believed in spiritual upliftment of an individual through values of truthfulness, love, modesty, empathy, and gratification and considered all physical or tangible customs insignificant. Baba Nanak suggested Oneness of Human values as true living and path to achieve ੴ सत नाम. दइआ कपाह संतोखु सूतु जतु गंढी सतु वटु॥ एहु जनेऊ जीअ का हई त पाडे घतु॥ ना एहु तुटै न मलु लगै ना एहु जलै न जाइ॥ धंनु सु माणस नानका जो गलि चले पाइ॥ चउकड़ि मुलि अणाइआ बहि चउकै पाइआ॥ सिखा कंनि चड़ाईआ गुरु ब्राहमणु थिआ॥ ओहु मुआ ओहु झड़ि पइआ वेतगा गइआ ॥१॥ He highlighted the futility of janeu (sacred thread) ceremony and considered it more important to make human values as ornamentation of the soul. The values are immortal and everything else perishes.
This has inspired the artist to create this embroidered artwork with Sami and Mehjabi to express the metaphor of cotton bud and its processing that Baba Nanak to denote human values. This Bani with its full grace has been lovingly embroidered in zardosi and chikankari with various name of the Divine to express the faith in his words.
 
Jaspal Kalra | Embroidery & Paint | Kapah | Limited Edition | 22in X 14in | 2021
 
Original, Limited Edition Original artwork embroidered close supervision of artist Jaspal Kalra and conceptualised and painted by him individually numbered and signed by the artist and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.