This sculpture reads like a meeting ground of symbols- each instantly recognisable, yet no longer dependent on narrative to be understood. The peacock, the feather, the sacred syllable Om, and the swastika appear together not as illustration, but as presence. They sit side by side the way ideas do in lived culture: layered, accumulated, familiar.
The peacock emerges first, its body compact, alert, and contained, while the elongated feather stretches outward like a continuation of breath or sound. Etched lines travel across the surface with a rhythm that feels practiced rather than decorative, recalling how repetition turns meaning into memory. The Om rests lightly, almost hovering, while the swastika anchors the composition- stable, grounded, and ancient in its Indian context.
What is striking is how these forms no longer ask to be decoded. They have crossed that threshold where symbols stop explaining and start being. Through ritual use, visual repetition, and cultural inheritance, they have taken on lives of their own- recognised before they are interpreted.
Carved in marble, the composition feels less like a scene and more like a shelf of collective consciousness. It reflects how Indian visual culture works not through singular icons, but through coexistence- where meaning is layered, not isolated, and symbolism survives precisely because it is lived with, not constantly explained.
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