Surubhi (Cosmic Tree of Life)

This densely orchestrated tableau reads like a mythic engine of consciousness: twin, mandala-like green chambers hover above as watchful “eyes,” while the central vertical spine sutures the composition together with the gravity of a totem or cosmic axis. An opulent procession of figures, instruments, and ornamental fragments interlocks in baroque precision, where golds and earthen reds flare against cool greens to suggest a perpetual negotiation between desire, duty, and fate. The tight, mosaic-like patterning turns every surface into a site of labor and memory, implying that identity is assembled—stitched and riveted—out of ritual, conflict, and inherited symbol. At once celebratory and claustrophobic, the work stages power as a spectacle: radiant in its craftsmanship, yet haunted by the sense that the ceremony never truly ends.