Title: MaMaNaMa Medium: Ball Point Pen on Handmade Paper Size: A3

'Mathamethayalum Manushyan Nannayal Mathi' (whatever be the religion, let the man be virtuous) was a famous quote by Narayana Guru(1855 – 1928), a spiritual Sage and social reformer of India. According to him, everyone in this world strives for his own comforts and pleasure,- ‘Atmasukham’. That is the one religion in this world. Religion is the path for us to find our inner self. The goal of all religions is the same. Religions have the role of creating in the human soul the trend to ascend. Once the trend is set, they themselves will seek and find the ultimate truth. Religions are only guides to help one seek rightly. To those who have attained the supreme, religion is not at all an authority. They themselves are the authority to religion.

MaMaNaMa is a series of 12 artworks depicting the virtuous human being in 12 different visual treatments. The above artwork titled 'MaMaNaMa - The Beginning 01/12' is the first one in this series using traditional medium. The original artwork was completed in 2018 by Indian Visual Artist and Designer Mr. Sumeesh based in Bangalore.

This artwork was exhibited in the show 'Indernet' conducted by Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft Köln, curated by Manoj Kurian Kallupurackal (Masala Movement e.V.) at Kunsthaus Rhenania, Köln, Germany, in July 2019.