Shivoham gets a Wallpaper Makeover

Shivoham, the residence where taskforcers and potential monks live during their stay, has for a long time been jealous of the incredible art lining the walls of various monastery buildings. To cheer her up we commissioned craftsmen from the Big Island to help print and install new wallpaper which designed with the works of S. Rajam, as assembled by Sadasivanathaswami. The new designs have increased the vibration and general pleasentness of the main dining, kitchen and gathering room.

Pictures of the walls and the spaces where the art will be installed. This is the East wall

The West wall

The north wall

and the overhead wall of one of Shivoham\

s entrances'

The art was printed on giant microglue sticker than are easily applied to the wall. The benefit of microglue is that the art can be moved easily after it is put up until heat is applied that melts the glue onto the wall installing it permanently.

Chellappaswami receiving a coin from Kadaitswami which many consider his formal initiation

One of the craftsmen cutting the art

The other installs the first piece on the eastern side of the North wall

They\

re on a roll!'

The heat gun that will be used to permanently stick the art to the wall

Yogaswami walking the path to Nallur Temple

Siva in the skies above Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Full frame of Chellappaswami and Kadaitswami

Tirumular entering the body of a cow herder in Tamil Nadu

Nice Jungly Trees

Tirumular making his way south from the Himalayas

Venerated yogi floating in the akash, supported by Lord Vayu\

s winds'

The covering almost filled a room!

Here you can see how the two parts shown before look together

The craftsmen couldn\

t finish in one weekend so they will come back and finished one of the walls at a later date'
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