#ShadesofBlue has been in forefront in my sareepact series. Since childhood I had an irresistible attraction towards peacock for its mind-blowing peacock Blue colour.
\nThe first time I got too see a peacock feather was, while doing a scrap-book project for \u2018different feathers of birds\u2019 in school. I guess it is still preserved. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
During the process of crafting different saree stories, it was one of my conscious wishes to come up with a Peacock saree tale (read tail \ud83d\ude09 )….. I refrained doing it on the basis of colours (peacock-blue, a very obvious choice), thus selected this special cream-coloured cotton piece from Chaanda pishi\u2019s collection where the peacocks are formed beautifully with blue\/green\/orange threads.<\/p>\n
This was a gift by my father to his toddler-hood friend, Chhanda \ud83d\ude42
\n78\/100 #100sareepact is my first borrowed saree \ud83d\ude09 for sareepact series\u2026
\nThe saree itself is very ethnic and vibrates a calm environment. The neat thread work adds another layer of beauty to it. For this story, I literally purchased my first series of on-line jewellery set, which illustrates peacocks through the wonderful designs.
\nOn the day of the shooting, there was a twist! Chhanda Pishi wore one of my taant sarees; off-white, pista green border and thread work. So it was a moment of two passionate saree lovers exchanging their sarees and posing for the much awaited saree story!<\/p>\n
In Hindu culture, the peacock is the mount of the Lord Kartikeya, the God of war. (Had created a special story on this earlier) Also note, peacock feathers also adorn the crest of Lord Krishna!<\/p>\n
While drafting my story got into more depth about peacock, and found, ancient Greeks believed that the flesh of peafowl did not decay after death, so it eventually became a symbol of immortality.
\nThis symbolism was adopted by early Christianity, thus many early Christian paintings and mosaics show the peacock.
\nIn some cultures, the peacock is also a symbol of pride or vanity; due to the way the bird struts and shows off its plumage.<\/p>\n
As an Indian, I feel proud to identify the PEACOCK as our National Bird!
\nWhat say?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
#ShadesofBlue has been in forefront in my sareepact series. Since childhood I had an irresistible attraction towards peacock for its mind-blowing peacock Blue colour. The first time I got too see a peacock feather was, while doing a scrap-book project for \u2018different feathers of birds\u2019 in school. I guess it is still preserved. \ud83d\ude42 During…<\/p>\n