Artwork I · Water (Jal) · North-East
The Eternal Ganga
The River Made of Rivers
The Eternal Ganga · 2026 · Preview, reduced in size
The Eternal Ganga follows the river and the tributaries that make it great, traced along their true courses from satellite imagery and open geographic data, then drawn by hand, every centimetre of it.
No great river flows alone. The Ganga carries a civilisation because hundreds of smaller rivers carry it first: streams from the Himalaya, rivers from the plains, each giving its water and its story. This work honours all of them, the famous and the unnamed, as one living body of water.
Traced in gold, the river speaks of another flow too: prosperity, like water, grows strongest when many streams become one.
In the home
Framed and hung
How the work can look when printed large and framed, in the rooms where it belongs.
Room views are illustrations; frames are not included.
Vastu placement
Where the Ganga belongs
In Vastu Shastra, every direction of a home is governed by an element. Water belongs to the North-East, the zone the texts call Ishanya, associated with clarity and new beginnings.
- Best wall
- The North-East wall of the room, or the North-East zone of the home. If that wall is not available, the North wall is the next best choice.
- Rooms
- Living room, entrance foyer, study or home office, and a meditation or prayer space.
- Avoid
- The South-East and South walls, which belong to fire. Many practitioners also advise against water imagery in the bedroom.
- Hanging
- Centre the artwork at eye level, roughly 150 cm from the floor. As a landscape work, it suits a wide wall above a sofa or console, with space on either side.
Vastu Shastra is a traditional system of spatial harmony. These notes follow its classical principles and are offered as guidance for placement, not as a promise of any particular outcome.
What you receive
The digital edition
- Four print files as lossless TIFF, in colour prepared for print: the artwork's native 4:3 shape and a wider 3:2, each clean and with the title beneath the artwork.
- A gold mask for each shape, so studios that offer metallic ink or foil can print the gold as real gold. For a standard print, simply ignore it.
- The Collector's Folio, with the story of the work, its placement notes and guidance for printing.
- A certificate of authenticity with its own number, issued in your name and recorded in our registry.
The artwork is never cropped and never resized. Files are for personal use: print them for your own home, or as a gift. Interior designers and studios can buy a commercial licence (₹14,999) by writing to hello@eternalelementia.com.
Sizes
Printed two to four feet wide
| Wall | File | |
|---|---|---|
| Study, home office or console wall | 24 × 18 in 2 ft | 4:3 |
| Above a sofa | 36 × 24 in 3 × 2 ft | 3:2 |
| Entrance foyer or dining wall | 36 × 27 in 3 ft | 4:3 |
| Large living-room wall | 48 × 32 in 4 ft | 3:2 |
| Statement wall in a large room | 48 × 36 in 4 × 3 ft | 4:3 |
Below two feet the fine river detail is lost. For the best result, ask your print studio for a giclée print on smooth archival matte paper, 300 gsm, printed at full resolution as supplied.
The Eternal Ganga · Artwork I
₹4,999
Founding collectors' price, first 25 copies
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