Ram Japa by Megha Sharma (b. 1991)

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Ram Japa by Megha Sharma (b. 1991)

23178, Rām Nāma, 18 x 18 in, Mix Media on Canvas, 2024, LR in English

Ram Japa by Megha Sharma (b. 1991) is built like a mandir, with the central form holding the script राम-एकता as its spine. The composition reads as one name, one unit, repeated into order.

At the centre, the tilak becomes the main character of the work, signalling Shri Ram as the dharmic ruler of the Raghuvansh. It is not only identity, it is a signal of maryādā, restraint, and raj dharma. It tells you that the power here is ethical.

The swastik adds protection and shubh beginnings, while the grid of forms and numbers carries the feeling of counting, repetition, and inner steadiness, like japa done with focus. The diagonal lines cut across like a clear direction, suggesting that unity is a path.

This work holds one simple message: Shri Ram was, and will always be, followed together, across every yug to come.

Photos and Text © Chaitya Dhanvi Shah