Michigan, Dec 7, 2016: An 18th century manuscript in Sanskrit, which is an extract from the sacred Hindu text Puranas, will be exhibited at the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) from December 8, 2016 to February 12, 2016- in the "Expressions of Faith" exhibition.
According to merinews.com, a museum announcement said, "Expressions of Faith combines the written and printed word with the visual arts to examine the impact that religious faith has made on artists." It also mentioned, "in giving visual form to religious figures and stories, artists shaped how believers perceived their faith, and in doing so influenced the evolution of the religion itself."
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US based Hindu religious leader Rajan Zed said that art has had a long rich tradition in Hinduism and archaic Sanskrit texts also talked about paintings of deities on wood or cloth. Zed, the President of the Universal SocMichigan museum for displaying the Hindu Puranas, encouraged major art museums around the world like Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Musee du Louvre and Musee d'Orsay of Paris, Uffizi Gallery of Florence (Italy), Los Angeles Getty Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Prado Museum of Madrid, Tate Modern of London, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, etc., to organize Hindu art exhibitions often to share the art heritage of Hinduism with the world.
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Established in 1912, MMA, which has won many accolades claims to have a "world-class collection of visual art" is "committed to fostering the lifelong study and appreciation of the visual arts".
The Puranas are exceptionally important and popular in Hinduism which is the oldest and third largest religion in the world with around one billion followers with "moksh" or liberation as their ultimate goal and around three million residing in the United States of America.
-prepared by Shivam Thaker of NewsGram. Twitter: @Shivam_Thaker