Artist calligraphs Bible in Marathi
Pune: Her passion for calligraphy made her put religious scriptures like Dnyaneshwari and Tukaram Gatha in stylised fonts.Swati Pethkar,an art and music teacher at a city school,completed the calligraphed version of the Bible,the New Testament in Marathi.On Christmas Eve,Pethkar wrote the last few lines in the presence of Father Francis Kharjia,the parish of Sacred Heart Church in Yerawada.The atmosphere at home always pushed me towards spirituality.I have always turned to spirituality for answers to my personal problems, she said.Swati would put in almost 16 hours a day into calligraphing the work with a boru,a writing instrument in reed.She even created her own calligraphy font called lakhva.
Pune: Her passion for calligraphy made her put religious scriptures like Dnyaneshwari and Tukaram Gatha in stylised fonts.Swati Pethkar,an art and music teacher at a city school,completed the calligraphed version of the Bible,the New Testament in Marathi.On Christmas Eve,Pethkar wrote the last few lines in the presence of Father Francis Kharjia,the parish of Sacred Heart Church in Yerawada.The atmosphere at home always pushed me towards spirituality.I have always turned to spirituality for answers to my personal problems, she said.Swati would put in almost 16 hours a day into calligraphing the work with a boru,a writing instrument in reed.She even created her own calligraphy font called lakhva.
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