Bengaluru: Film artist Sri Ravindra Hegde of Siddapur Mandala drew a speed painting of AdiGuru Shankaracharya and presented the same to Jagadguru Shankaracharya SriSri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Mahaswamiji at Ramashrama in Girinagar and received the blessings from Swamiji.
Sri Ravindra, who is a former student at the Gurukula in Hosanagara, is the son of Sri Ramakrishna Hegde. He is currently pursuing his diploma. He is a self taught artist in the field of speed painting.
He received high praise from SriSamsthana for painting a beautiful picture of AdiGuru Shankaracharya.
At the time of the construction of GouSwarga, he also had dedicated the picture of Sri Gopalakrishna.