Friday 22 September 2023 | Bhadarva Sud 7, Samvat 2079
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Date of Launch of Shree Swaminaryan Art Gallery 16th August 2000
Date of Launch of Shree Swaminaryan Art Gallery
16th August 2000
Number of visitors to date
125,000
Man hours taken to paint the gallery
4160 man hrs
Furtherst group or individual travelled to visit gallery
USA & India & China, Africa, Holland
Saints from the Swaminarayan Faith visits regularly
Total square foot of image coverage
2600 square feet
Total square metres of image coverage
242 square metres
Height of ceiling at tallest point
10 metres
Number of unique images
64 Images
Number of painters
6 from India
Number of colours used
All the colours of the sprectrum including Black and White
Types of paint used
Wills & Newton oils colours
Amount of gold leafing used
550 grams
Dimensions of the largest composition
22 square metres
Types of Raw materials used
Canvas, lin seed oil, plaster of paris, gold leaf, ply wood, wood glue, evo stick.
Acharya Shree Jitendriyapriyadasji Swamiji Maharaj is the current spiritual leader of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. He is the heir to Acharya Shree Purushottampriyadasji Swamishree Maharaj, and sixth in the lineage of ascetic Acharyas, which descends directly from Lord Shree Swaminarayan.
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