GOLCONDA - M

Ribba - https://www.ikea.com/in/en/p/ribba-frame-white-60378424/

Lomviken - https://www.ikea.com/in/en/p/lomviken-frame-aluminium-40314310/

“Golla konda” – the Shepherd’s hill, and the place that produced the Koh-i-noor diamond and the Hope diamond this place for me always attracts.  Here I think of  Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah and that other magical place in Hyderabad the Qutb Shahi tombs. I think of Aurangzeb and Fateh Darwaza, of the Nizams of Hyderabad. This is a magical place especially when the sound and light show is on.

It’s coordinates are  17.38°N 78.40°E

Many a time in life, in everyone’s, moments arise when time seemed to have stopped moving. Living in such moments for extended time is sheer joy and one wishes to be captivated by those moments for ever. The context and the content of Golconda are unique to each person. I wanted to create an image that can encompass as many contexts and contents as possible so as to bring to life those personal moments that are tucked away in the memory lanes of this city built on the Deccan plateau which signifies the rock formations from millions of years ago. To me when I see the rock I think of the eons of time that have passed. Time that started 13.6 billion years ago, earth being born 5.4 billion years ago, earth crust and rocks 4,900 million years ago.  There are so many stories hidden here. That is why this painting is not a reflection of any one context but reflects a string of such moments meant to awaken the personal moments when TIME STOOD STILL at Hyderabad. This is my homage to this great monument towering over Hyderabad, my home city.

You can fly to Hyderabad. And Golconda is at the outskirts. There is a lot more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkonda