A new artwork that we recently acquired is titled “Sun God and Mother Earth”. It is done by eminent Gond tribal artist Mr Veerendra Kumar Dhurvey, based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The story behind the artwork is mentioned below as given by the artist. The details are: Acrylic paints on canvas, 2024. Size 36 x 48 inch.

There was only water in this world, there was no earth, at that time Mother of the world is sitting on a lotus, on her the form of a deer has been given, Mother Earth is Mother Earth, on which Gond farmers are plowing and tribal villages are celebrating the festival of greenery. Women and men are dancing and celebrating festivals.
And there is a man on the tail of a deer, he is plowing, he is sowing seeds there and there is the Sun God who is coming on his chariot with seven horses and the trees are the whole world. Just as the whole world looks beautiful in the light of the Sun God, I have given the form of the world on my body on the basis of that.

​​पृथ्वी नहीं इस संसार में जल ही जल था वह समय जगत जननी मा कमल पे बैठी है उसके ऊपर हिरण का रूप जो दिया है माता पृथ्वी धरती मां है जिसके ऊपर गोंड किसान हल चल रहा है और हरियाली के त्यौहार मनाते हुए आदिवासी गांव ​की महिलाएं और पुरुष नाचते और त्यौहार मना रहे हैं। और जो ये हिरण की पूंछ पर एक आदमी है ​वह हल चल रहा है वहां पर वे बीज डालते जा रहे हैं और सूर्य देवता हैं जो अपने सात घोड़ों वाले रथ पर चले आ रहे हैं और पेड़ जो हैं वो सारा संसार ​हैं। ​जैसे सारा संसार सुंदर लगता है सूर्य देवता के प्रकाश में उसके आधार पर ही संसार का रूप ही मैं देह पर दिया हूं।

​Prithvi nahin is sansar mein jal hi jal tha use samay Ma Jagat-Janani hai jo Kamal per baithi Hain uske upar Hiran ka roop Jo Diya hun Mata Prithvi Dharti Ma hai jiske upar Gond Kisan hal chala raha hai aur hariyali ke tyohar manate hue aadivasi gond mahilayen aur purush naachte aur tyohar Mana rahe hain aur jo yah Hiran ke Poonch per ek aadami hai Kisan hal chala raha hai vahan per vah bij dalte ja raha hai aur Surya Devta Hain Jo Apne sath ghode Wale Rath per chal rahe hain aur ped jo hai vah sansar hai Jaise Sara sansar Sundar lagta hai Surya ke Prakash mein uske Aadhar per hi sansar ka roop main is ped per Diya hun