{"id":11114,"date":"2019-02-19T09:38:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=11114"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:06:09","slug":"gwalior-2019-run-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/gwalior-2019-run-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwalior 2019 Run T-shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Gwalior 2019 run t-shirt\u00a0is more than just a technical tee – it’s a heavily illustrated work of art you can wear.\u00a0The T-shirt color is a light yellow inspired by the yellow stone walls of many of Gwalior Fort’s monuments and the designs are inspired by Gond paintings \u2013 a form of tribal and folk art practised by the Gond people found predominantly in Madhya Pradesh. The illustrations are influenced by elements unique to Gwalior – Tansen, the Jain tirthankara rock-cut statues, the number zero and its sandstone monuments.<\/p>\n
Tansen, noted composer, singer and musician – and one of Akbar’s “Navratnas” – spent his early years in Gwalior learning music and honing his craft. He had an oversized influence on Hindustani classical music – and the run t-shirt illustrations pay tribute to Tansen’s legacy- with musicians depicted playing the veena.<\/p>\n
The south side of the Gwalior fort is home to rock-cut Jain tirthankaras dating back to the 7th-15th centuries when the fort was controlled by Tomara rulers. These statues can be found illustrated on the run t-shirt too standing as is common in Jain iconography.\u00a0The Gwalior Fort also has one of the oldest references to the zero symbol inscribed on its walls and a stylised 0 can be found on the T-shirt design panel too.<\/p>\n
Interspersed amidst the musicians, the Tirthankaras and the zero symbol are intricate geometric designs in vivid colors against a yellow ochre background not unlike those seen in Gwalior fort.<\/p>\n
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