| Rajan started drawing on school black board at | | | | wide variety: Some standing, some sitting, some |
| the age of five. Plenty of sketches he drew | | | | playing musical instruments like Tabla, Veena, |
| during school and college days were just given | | | | Tamburi, drums etc. Depicted are Ganeshas in |
| away to his friends. After graduation in Maths | | | | different moods like puzzled, mischievous, |
| from Vivekananda College in Madras (now | | | | annoyed or simply gleeful. To Ganesha devotees |
| Chennai), one day he drew a Ganesha. His friends | | | | it is treasure house for veneration and worship. |
| got interested and nudged him on to draw more. | | | | Rajan Ramakrishnan, that is his full name, was |
| His imagination caught fire and widened his vision - | | | | born in Palghat, Kerala, educated in Hyderabad |
| he started specializing on Ganesha. Slowly his | | | | graduated in Madras and is now residing with his |
| collection grew in size. During Ganesh Puja | | | | wife and son aged ten in Dombivili, Mumbai. His |
| Festivals he was invited to hold exhibitions of his | | | | multi-city up bringing has perhaps widened his |
| art work. | | | | vision and helped him see Ganeshas of different |
| Presently he has more than 525 black and white | | | | shapes, sizes, structures and material. |
| sketches, some 30 color paintings and 15 on glass. | | | | Encouraged by his well wishers, he has started a |
| He has conducted more than twenty exhibitions in | | | | blog of his own: Here, most of the Ganeshas he |
| Mumbai alone. In Mumbai people from Vashi, | | | | has drawn all portrayed under different categories. |
| Dombivili, Thane, Malad, Mulund, Lower Parel, | | | | All the sketches are available for free downloading |
| Matunga and Santa Cruz have benefitted and | | | | for personal non-commercial use under Creative |
| enjoyed from his shows. Kalapathy in Kerala, | | | | Commons Copyright. |
| which is Rajan's Home town, has also witnessed a | | | | Rajan is barely forty and has a long way to go. |
| couple of exhibitions. He plans to offer his drawing | | | | Ganesha will take care of him, we can be sure. |
| collections to anyone desiring to host an exhibition. | | | | Have a look at those pictures. You will be |
| All paintings are laminated and well preserved. | | | | convinced what I say is true. |
| His collection of Ganesha pictures offer a very | | | | |