Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial - A Mixed Media Art

Summer of Color has begun and the prompts are something I look forward to...I have taken up the challenge and I hope to be a part of it every week of this season :) Thank you Kristin for hosting it!

Thank you Eva and Kristin Dudish for hosting PPF :)

The color prompt of the week is :

Aqua, Yellow and smudge, splash or pop of Hot Pink

I started with something else in mind and unexpectedly I reached somewhere else and Yes, I had always wanted to be there and experience in person the tranquility and positive vibe of the place. Here's to Swami Vivekananda...one of my favourite wandering monks who captivated the world with his famous 'message' at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in the year 1893...He was the famous disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

At the southernmost tip of India’s mainland lies the town of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. It is the point of convergence of the three vast seas that flank India on the west, south and east: the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.

Roughly half a kilometer into the sea from the tapering end of the mainland is a pair of rocks rising above the surface. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is built on the bigger of these rocks and the statue of Thiruvalluvar, a celebrated poet and philosopher who has contributed immensely to Tamil Literature and whose birth place is Kanyakumari, can be found on the other. This particular 133' granite statue is conceived & built by Dr.V.Ganapati Sthapati, Padma Bhushan awardee. It is located in the confluence of three seas and there were many misgivings about it's location but this monolith survived even the tsunami that played havoc of Tamil Nadu.

Acrylics, texture base and ink

The base I have textured with black lava and applied aqua and the yellow. The hot pink can be seen on the rooftop of the memorial and as tiny splash.

*The colors look darker here than the original image which looks like the color promt...unable to adjust*

Linking it to PPF and SOC :) Hop over to see some mind-blowing art and artists!
Linking also to Mix It Monthly, a new challenge for me, by Conny!

You may like to visit this link for more info on this travel destination...click here.

ps: not very happy with my lines coz it hasn't come the way I wanted!!!

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