#aranyani

Aranyani Pavilion: Sacred Nature, New Delhi, India,

The Aranyani Pavilion is conceived as a contemporary interpretation of the sacred grove,  a spatial environment where architecture, landscape, and craft exist in quiet reciprocity. The pavilion’s primary structure is formed from bamboo, establishing a lightweight yet resilient framework that reflects both ecological sensitivity and deep-rooted craft traditions. This structural system is complemented by woven and assembled lantana, bringing together digital design methodologies with traditional handcraft.

The pavilion unfolds as a gradual spatial trajectory that encourages slow movement, reflection, and sensory engagement with texture, shade, and light. By transforming lantana, an invasive species in India that requires ecological removal, into a primary architectural element, the project proposes a narrative of regeneration, where environmental stewardship and cultural craft become inseparable from architectural expression.

Hindu deity blinkies Pt. 1

Pt 2

Excellent news 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I post the Rigveda 10.146 Hymn for Devi Aranyani our Maa without whom we are nothing 🙇🏽‍♀️

अर॑ण्या॒न्यर॑ण्यान्य॒सौ या प्रेव॒ नश्य॑सि । क॒था ग्रामं॒ न पृ॑च्छसि॒ न त्वा॒ भीरि॑व विन्दती३ँ ॥

अरण्यान्यरण्यान्यसौ या प्रेव नश्यसि । कथा ग्रामं न पृच्छसि न त्वा भीरिव विन्दती३ँ ॥

वृ॒षा॒र॒वाय॒ वद॑ते॒ यदु॒पाव॑ति चिच्चि॒कः । आ॒घा॒टिभि॑रिव धा॒वय॑न्नरण्या॒निर्म॑हीयते ॥

वृषारवाय वदते यदुपावति चिच्चिकः । आघाटिभिरिव धावयन्नरण्यानिर्महीयते ॥

उ॒त गाव॑ इवादन्त्यु॒त वेश्मे॑व दृश्यते । उ॒तो अ॑रण्या॒निः सा॒यं श॑क॒टीरि॑व सर्जति ॥

उत गाव इवादन्त्युत वेश्मेव दृश्यते । उतो अरण्यानिः सायं शकटीरिव सर्जति ॥

गाम॒ङ्गैष आ ह्व॑यति॒ दार्व॒ङ्गैषो अपा॑वधीत् । वस॑न्नरण्या॒न्यां सा॒यमक्रु॑क्ष॒दिति॑ मन्यते ॥

गामङ्गैष आ ह्वयति दार्वङ्गैषो अपावधीत् । वसन्नरण्यान्यां सायमक्रुक्षदिति मन्यते ॥

न वा अ॑रण्या॒निर्ह॑न्त्य॒न्यश्चेन्नाभि॒गच्छ॑ति । स्वा॒दोः फल॑स्य ज॒ग्ध्वाय॑ यथा॒कामं॒ नि प॑द्यते ॥

न वा अरण्यानिर्हन्त्यन्यश्चेन्नाभिगच्छति । स्वादोः फलस्य जग्ध्वाय यथाकामं नि पद्यते ॥

आञ्ज॑नगन्धिं सुर॒भिं ब॑ह्व॒न्नामकृ॑षीवलाम् । प्राहं मृ॒गाणां॑ मा॒तर॑मरण्या॒निम॑शंसिषम् ॥

आञ्जनगन्धिं सुरभिं बह्वन्नामकृषीवलाम् । प्राहं मृगाणां मातरमरण्यानिमशंसिषम् ॥

Aranyani, the Goddess of forest who is elusive, why do you not appear in the village, are you not afraid ? The cicada's voice, that sounds like the cymbals of Goddess of the forest, cries to the bull that Aranyani exults! Yonder, the cows are grazing in a dwelling. In the evening, Aranyani frees them. In the forest, a man calls for his cow, another man cuts down timber, and the hermit hears unfamiliar sounds in the dusk. But Aranyani injures no one, unless She is assailed. She nurtures the man with fruits and allows the man in if She wills. I praise the musk-scented, fragrant, fertile, uncultivated Aranyani, the Mother of forest and animals.

“She is the goddess of forests and the wild animals that dwell within them in Hinduism. Aranyani has the distinction of having one of the most descriptive hymns in the Rigveda dedicated to her. She is sometimes regarded to be the owner of Kalpavriksha, the divine tree.”

Devi Aranyani is the Goddess of forests and wilderness.

What if - what if it's Vasanta who styles Her every year with his exquisite flower jewelry during the spring season?

Phaunus vs Aranyani duel ft. Pushan 👀 (and perhaps Vasant)

HELL YEAHHHHHHHH

They're prolly gonna fight like this but more violent

Aranyani 🍃 Goddess of the Forests and all the animals that dwell in them

She's able to feed both men and animals; she also wears anklets with bells that tinkle when she dances