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BANGALORE, INDIA, August 22, 2003: Come Ganesh Chaturthi, and Bangaloreans will be treated to a new interpretation of one of the most popular Hindu Gods next week. This has fired the imagination of Rajeev Bhat, a city biotechnologist and a self-taught artist. He has interpreted Lord Ganesha in his paintings using human genes and chromosome images. He has scientifically presented the protein synthesis of an organism on his canvas, which symbolically takes the form of the outline of Lord Ganesha’s trunk. And, according to him, the two are interlinked. “Just as Ganesha is the Omkara or the base for everything, genes are responsible for particular characteristics of a person. While chanting the Omkara during meditation, you achieve single-mindedness. Once you develop control over the mind it reflects in your personality, which becomes evident in behavior and is also related scientifically to your genes. I think this is the first time that such a painting has been created in Bangalore,” Bhat, founder of the Riddhi Art Gallery said.

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