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	==Death==		==Death==
	He died on March 10, 1997 in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.		He died on March 10, 1997, in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

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	'''Ghulam Rasool Santosh''' (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as '''G. R. Santosh''', was a prominent [[~~Kashmiris~~\|~~Kashmiri~~]] painter and poet. He was best known for his [[Theme (arts)\|theme]]s inspired by [[Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1979, he became the recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poem titled ''Be Soakh Rooh''.<ref name="Sahitya Akademi Award">{{cite web \| title=Akademi Awards (1955-2020) \| website=Sahitya Akademi \| url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#KASHMIRI \| access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>		'''Ghulam Rasool Santosh''' (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as '''G. R. Santosh''', was a prominent [[Indian people\|Indian]] painter and poet. He was best known for his [[Theme (arts)\|theme]]s inspired by [[Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1979, he became the recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poem titled ''Be Soakh Rooh''.<ref name="Sahitya Akademi Award">{{cite web \| title=Akademi Awards (1955-2020) \| website=Sahitya Akademi \| url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#KASHMIRI \| access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	'''Ghulam Rasool Santosh''' (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as '''G. R. Santosh''', was a prominent [[Kashmiri]] painter and poet. He was best known for his [[Theme (arts)\|theme]]s inspired by [[Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1979, he became the recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poem titled ''Be Soakh Rooh''.<ref name="~~Greater Kashmir 2015~~"/>		'''Ghulam Rasool Santosh''' (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as '''G. R. Santosh''', was a prominent [[Kashmiris\|Kashmiri]] painter and poet. He was best known for his [[Theme (arts)\|theme]]s inspired by [[Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1979, he became the recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poem titled ''Be Soakh Rooh''.<ref name="Sahitya Akademi Award">{{cite web \| title=Akademi Awards (1955-2020) \| website=Sahitya Akademi \| url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#KASHMIRI \| access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	In the early 1960s, [[Santosh]] studied [[tantra\|Tantric]] ([[mysticism\|mystical]]) art and [[Kaśmir Śaivism\|Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1964 he adopted this style to create some of the best examples of modern [[tantra\|Tantric]] paintings. His paintings are known for the vibrancy of colors, neat lines, [[energy (esotericism)\|spiritual energy]] and sensuousness.		In the early 1960s, [[Santosh]] studied [[tantra\|Tantric]] ([[mysticism\|mystical]]) art and [[Kaśmir Śaivism\|Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1964 he adopted this style to create some of the best examples of modern [[tantra\|Tantric]] paintings. His paintings are known for the vibrancy of colors, neat lines, [[energy (esotericism)\|spiritual energy]] and sensuousness. His paintings have been exhibited in notable international shows including the Tenth [[São Paulo Art Biennial]], 1969<ref name="Bienniel 1969">{{cite web \| title=Catálogo da 10ª Bienal de São Paulo (1969) \| website=issuu \| date=2008-08-01 \| url=https://issuu.com/bienal/docs/nameacb494/128 \| access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> and the 'Neo-Tantra: Contemporary
			Indian Art Inspired by Tradition' exhibition at [[University of California]], [[Los Angeles]], 1985.<ref>{{cite news \| title=A View of India’s Modern Tantric Art \| first= Jane\| last=Greenstein\| newspaper=Los Angeles Times\| date=1985-12-25}}</ref>

	[[Santosh]] also wrote [[play (theatre)\|play]]s, [[poetry]] and [[essay]]s in [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]. He was also an authority on Kashmiri Shaivism, and was one of the very few people who could read and write the ancient, and almost-extinct, Kashmiri script called Sharda.		[[Santosh]] also wrote [[play (theatre)\|play]]s, [[poetry]] and [[essay]]s in [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]. He was also an authority on Kashmiri Shaivism, and was one of the very few people who could read and write the ancient, and almost-extinct, Kashmiri script called Sharda.

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'''Ghulam Rasool Santosh''' (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as '''G. R. Santosh''', was a prominent [[Kashmiri]] painter and poet. He was best known for his [[Theme (arts)|theme]]s inspired by [[Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1979, he became the recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poem titled ''Be Soakh Rooh''.<ref name="Greater Kashmir 2015"/>

==Early life==
He was born Ghulam Rasool in a Kashmiri [[Muslim]] family of modest means in the ''Chinkral Mohalla'' habba kadal neighborhood of old [[Srinagar]]. He dropped out of school after his father's death and took up odd jobs like [[writing]], [[painting]] [[signboard]]s, weaving [[silk]] and [[whitewash]]ing walls. In 1954 he won a [[scholarship]] to study [[fine arts]] under a celebrated [[India]]n painter, N. S. Bendre in the city of [[Baroda]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], in western [[India]].

Around the same time he did what was considered unusual and unacceptable in [[conservatism|conservative]] Kashmiri society - he married his [[childhood sweetheart]], [[Santosh]], who was a [[Kashmiri Pandit]], and also assumed her name.<ref name="Greater Kashmir 2015">{{cite web | title=The art of G.R. Santosh | website=Greater Kashmir | date=2015-03-14 | url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/gk-magazine/the-art-of-g-r-santosh/ | access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref>

==Career==
In the early 1960s, [[Santosh]] studied [[tantra|Tantric]] ([[mysticism|mystical]]) art and [[Kaśmir Śaivism|Kashmir Shaivism]]. In 1964 he adopted this style to create some of the best examples of modern [[tantra|Tantric]] paintings. His paintings are known for the vibrancy of colors, neat lines, [[energy (esotericism)|spiritual energy]] and sensuousness.

[[Santosh]] also wrote [[play (theatre)|play]]s, [[poetry]] and [[essay]]s in [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]. He was also an authority on Kashmiri Shaivism, and was one of the very few people who could read and write the ancient, and almost-extinct, Kashmiri script called Sharda.

==Death==
He died on March 10, 1997 in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

==See also==
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* {{Portal-inline|India}}
* {{Portal-inline|Art}}

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