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 Vaastu Marabu: A Shilpi Speaks: Best Film on Art and Culture, 38th National
Film Festival, New Delhi, 1991. The film was created by Bala Kailasam.
This film documents the theory and practice of the Vaastu tradition of Indian art,
architecture, craft and design. It features my teacher, one of the foremost shilpis
(designer-builder-sculptor) of India, Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati of Mammallapuram.
In Vastu Marabu: A Shilpi Speaks, Sthapati comments of the deep philosophical
aspects of Vastu Science. He speaks of the process of translating inner
experience into art, and invites us to experience the naked beauty of the
form while understanding the metaphysical message.
The art of the Vishwakarma has given form and expression to all
denominations of metaphysical thought in India. The Vishwakarmas
(the followers of Vishwakarma’s knowledge and skill) are the holders
of the architectural and artistic heritage in India, have maintained
the skill and the theoretical basis essential for designing and executing
almost all aspects of the man-made environment.
The film shows Sthapati, and his Master Sculptor Perumal, in the process of
making stone idols at Mammallapuram, near Madras. It also shows the process
of casting bronzes in Kumbakonam, and of building stone temples at Kamudhi,
near Madurai and at Ratnagiri, near Vellore. It illustrates the continuity of
the tradition and reveals a technology that is ancient, yet still relevant today.
It is a classic offering of little known India knowledge and tradition.
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Vastu Marabu
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 DVD Lecture on Vaastu by Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati,
my teacher, at the Tanjore Temple in Tamil Nadu including a
(very informal) tour of the grounds. This is a delightful
experience of India and the knowledge. Sthapati is doing
most of the speaking and sometimes Westerners may have trouble
understanding his english (just because of his accent), but it
is well worth the viewing.
The price is $35 plus $12 for shipping and handling for a total of $47.00.
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Sthapati Lecture DVD
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DVD Lecture by Michael Borden
This is a good general introduction to Vaastu Science and Art from the 2004 Feng Shui Conference,
San Luis Obispso, CA
The price is $26 plus $12 for shipping and handling for a total of $38.00.
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Michael Borden Lecture CD
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