A vibrant bow-shaped artwork illustrating the Sundarkand – one of the most revered chapters of the Hindu epic Ramayana – has been crafted by Jabalpur-based artist Anushree Vishnoi Gupta.

The five-foot-long creation narrates the Sundarkand through 25 intricately detailed miniature sculptures, each measuring between one-and-a-half to three inches. Designed in vivid colours, the artwork blends sculpture, relief work and painting into a single visual narrative.

Anushree, a mechanical engineer by profession, says the artwork took six months to complete, excluding the time spent studying, understanding and conceptualising the epic.

According to Anushree Vishnoi, Artisan: “If I exclude the time it took to read, understand and conceptualise it, then I can say it took me six months to create this. It has 25 miniature idols, and in the background I have given a bit of relief work. Relief work means the raised form that is created. Nothing is 2D, it is all slightly raised about 2–3 mm from the surface. Technically speaking, we can call this an art installation in the form of a bow, in which the Sundarkand has been depicted.”

She credits her parents for encouraging her passion for miniature art, adding that her engineering background helped her maintain precision, balance and proportion throughout the process.

Meanwhile, Anusree’s mother Renuka Vishnoi says, “Because she is a mechanical engineer, her sense of proportion is very strong. Whatever she creates in miniature art is made with precise proportions. She works with great accuracy..”

Her father, Ajay Vishnol, says, “She calls it a fusion of art, combining one to three different forms of art. One is imagination; she imagined the bow. On the bow, the painting she did is itself a separate painting. When you touch it, you will feel the raised texture. It is a 3D painting. After that, she built a platform on it, and on the platform she created miniatures..”

According to Anushree, every element of the artwork has been handcrafted with meticulous attention to detail. She hopes that her creation will one day be displayed in a public space – possibly at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya – so that more people can experience the artistry and draw inspiration from it. A vibrant bow-shaped artwork illustrating the Sundarkand – one of the most revered chapters of the Hindu epic Ramayana – has been crafted by Jabalpur-based artist Anushree Vishnoi Gupta.

Anushree, a mechanical engineer by profession, says the artwork took six months to complete, excluding the time spent studying, understanding and conceptualising the epic.