Artist Pays Unique Tribute To CDS Bipin Rawat With Incredible Leaf Art

The tragic loss of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 other personnel of the armed forces in the Tamil Nadu chopper crash has come as a shock to the entire nation. People from all walks of life have expressed their condolences to their families and loved ones through words, memories, and more. 

One such special tribute, which has been doing the rounds on the internet, is a shadow leaf art portrait of General Rawat, the nation’s most senior military officer, which has been carved out on a peepal leaf.

The video started trending as soon as Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, IPS officer HGS Dhaliwal, and actor Anupam Kher shared it on their social media.

The artist Shashi Adkar, who belongs to Karnataka’s Mangaluru, made the sketch using a blade.“Extremely sad about the demise of CDS, his family, and the soldiers. I wanted to just express gratitude to them through my art,” said the 35-year-old artist.