Gold Eid Art Print -Special Gold Foil print/soft touch paper technique

CONCEPT:

This design is inspired by the Islamic Center of NYU and Hindu Temples from watching services online due to the pandemic. The Islamic Center at NYU is a very special place of
knowledge, love, understanding they welcome everyone into their community regardless of their religion.

Eid Prayers are held outside in from of the Washington Square Park arch which is so special and absolute magic. Though I’m the Hindu Chaplain for NYU, my friends Imam Khalid Latif (Muslim Chaplain of NYU, Sunni Imam, Executive Director of the Islamic Center of NYU) and Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer (Muslim Chaplain of NYU, Shia Sheikh) have always invited me to attend Eid prayers.

The Golden Arch inspired by Washington Square Arch, but drawn as a Thiruvachi in Tamil/Prabhavali in Sanskrit, ornamental/decorative pillars found in Hindu temples representing a ring of light (Noor in Islam)/the endless greatness of the divine. Gold symbolizes knowledge, learning, meditation. All lessons to be learnt during Ramadan. The lion head represents a reminder to surrender our ego to the divine. Islam means surrender or submission to God. Peacocks represent beauty/knowledge and the all seeing/knowing divine in Hinduism, their feathers used as bookmarks for the Holy Quran in many cultures.

Eid Mubarak written on top in Arabic, and Eid Ambarki Ighudan in Tamazight language for my Moroccan friends and family.

Print Details:
• Luxe soft touch paper with Golden Foil Technique printing
• Shipped flat in a protective cello sleeve, between two cardboards and a sturdy mailer