Don't see my art, listen to it

RENCHED in red robes and immersed in chanting, he felt a peculiar peace and stillness, far different from the hustle and bustle of his village in Rajkot, Punjab.

- NITIKA KRISHNA

RENCHED in red robes and immersed in chanting, he felt a peculiar peace and stillness, far different from the hustle and bustle of his village in Rajkot, Punjab. But to be a young monk at a monastery in Dharamshala meant that he had to subscribe to an austere life. And the food, though light and nourishing, was not enough—having only one meal a day perhaps did not befit the young artist's Punjabi palate. But he persevered there for six years, learning the Tibetan Thangka painting style. It was at the monastery that Harjinder Singh was given the name 'Sidharth'. This was in the 1970s.