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Tukaram Gatha in 3D © Provided by Mid-Day Shuttling between The Hague in Netherlands and Pune in pandemic times is not an easy task for anyone, least of all an artist operating from two distinct studio spaces. But sculptor-painter Bhaskar Hande, 65, has not just managed the cross-continental distance since 1984, but also a lifetime passion celebration of the super-evocative visual vocabulary of 17th century-Marathi saint and poet Tukaram Maharaj.  Hande is currently in Pune for the release of Vi Cha Kela Thoba (Vishwakarma Publications, R200), the second work in a book series that deconstructs visual images, metaphors and similes in the saint’s devotional Gatha. Of the total 4,500 abhangs (a poetic form), Hande articulates 41 creations in three-dimensional objects/sculptures and silkscreen prints. The reader is taken on a picturesque journey in which each abhang is explained in literary terms, and then distilled through the crucible of chromatic perceptible visuals, which are

Vi cha kela thobaRukmini rakhumaiBhaskar handeTukaram gathaSantoshi maaTukaram maharajDilip chitreInternational trade fair at delhi pragati maidanSir jj school of artVishwakarma publicationsSaint tukaramLord vithobaSaint dyaneshwarForm is my creationPilgrimage vaariSays tuka