“Uttam Charwaha”
On Papyrus (50*30) tempra technique

An indigenous Icon on Papyrus. An attempts in Indian Iconography. Done with traditional tempra technique on hand made papyrus sheet.
Showing Christ as the Teacher (Guru) and also as the Good Shepherd (Uttam Charvaha) taking care of his sheep /student(shishya) .

A banyan tree is the national tree of India considered to be symbol of wisdom and teacherhood as it was under this tree that early teachers use to teach in gurukul sampradayam.

The three letters used in the Halo. These three letters are अ, म and अः
Here अ and अः are the first and the last letter of sanskrit language as written in Revelation 1: 6 . Actually unlike greek, in Sanskrit the first and the last letter (swara) are same and it sounds the same.

म is the letter representing the mediatorship of Christ (1 Tim 3:10).

Together these three letters forms the symbolic statement “Aadhyanum Madhyanum Anandanum”

Meaning He is the First, He is the Mediator and He is the Last.

Together it also defines the Truth like three letter hebrew word for Truth “emeth” Also in Greek/byzantine icons three greek letters are used ώ Ό Ν (omega, omicron, nu) which also literally means “the being” or more precisely “He who is” or simply “I AM the Exitence”