Date: September 1, 2026
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society
This episode of Insightful Conversations at BhāratShakti captured the inspiring transition and artistic evolution of Bhajan Plahe, an Australia-based artist who went from being a chartered accountant for over 25 years to an oil painter mastering Classical Realism. In a conversation with Dr. Beloo Mehra, Ms. Plahe explored how she discovered fulfillment through art, guided by the spiritual principles of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo.
This conversation recorded and edited by Auromedia team of SAS highlights the artist’s journey leading up to her landmark exhibition, “Portraits of Indian Revolutionaries,” which featured 15 exceptional oil paintings rendered in the style of the Old Masters. The collection serves as a visual and spiritual homage to the unsung heroes of India’s revolutionary struggle for Independence.
In August 2026, at a special event ‘A Homage to Indian Revolutionaries’ organised by BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society, Bhajan Plahe’s exhibition which brought to life several key figures of the armed struggle for India’s Freedom, spanning from 1900 to 1947, was unveiled at Sri Aurobindo Society in Puducherry by eminent economist and author Shri Sanjeev Sanyal.
This event commemorated 150 years of India’s National Song, Vande Mataram, and included a special talk by Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and bestselling author of ‘Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom‘. This was followed by the inauguration of an Exhibition of Portraits of 15 Revolutionaries painted by Ms Bhajan Plahe. Read more about the event HERE.
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