Watch: Pune Farmer Creates Majestic Portrait Of Lord Vithal Using Paddy Plantations

Many parts of Maharashtra are celebrating the Devshayani Ekadashi, a Hindu festival during which devotees perform prayers to Lord Vithal. This year, the festival falls on July 17, which is the 11th day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Ashadha. A farmer and engineer from Pune marked the festival by making a unique image of Lord Vithal. He made a 120-foot-long image that was made in a farm by using paddy plantations. The paddy was planted in such a way that it outlined the figure of Lord Vithal. A video that captured the aerial view of this painting is now raking in likes.

All India Radio News shared this stunning drone shot video on X and wrote, “A farmer who is also an engineer creates a 120-foot image of Lord Vithal on his farm using paddy plantations in Mulshi village, Pune.” This clip has gathered 3.6 lakh views within a day.

In the comments, many people lauded the farmer for making this paddy art. Commenting on this video, a user wrote, “Where there is will, there is a way! The power of determination combined with incredible creativity and unwavering devotion is unstoppable.”

Someone described Lord Vithal’s image as “This is so beautiful!”

Another person said, “He has wasted a fertile land & crop. Either he will have to remove the crop to re-cultivate or waste a season. Bhakti makes ppl do stupid things.”

The Paddy art seen in the above mentioned video was first invented in Japan. It is called Tambo Ato. The art form was invented by farmers of Inakadate village in 1993 when they collectively created an image of the iconic Mount Iwaki on a farm by using rice crops with leaves of different colours. This soon became a very popular art style, with other farmers taking part in it. In many ways, paddy art is not just unique but also a sustainable way of creating spectacles.

Now, every year in July and August, visitors flock to Japan’s Tohoku region to witness the stunning paintings made on paddy fields. To allow the visitors to get a better view of the paddy art, a viewing tower was installed in the Inakadate village from where one could get a full view of the homegrown artworks. Annually, the village farmers meet and decide on a design. So far, they have replicated famous Japanese art pieces like Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a scene from the film Itomichi, and even a Godzilla.