Brushstrokes Of Faith: Sabrina Siga’s Journey of Biblical Art in India

Jennifer Arul has been a board member at The Media Project for 12 years.. One of the best known faces on television for 30 years, she has covered most major stories in South India and earned a reputation for being fearless.

Arul’s career has also included setting up of three TV stations — in Chennai, India, in addition to the Asian nations of Indonesia and Malaysia.

This year, she has returned to TV, appearing on four channels of GoodNews TV. In her first podcast for Religion Unplugged, Arul looks at the slow progress of biblical art across the Indian sub-continent.  

Photos courtesy of Sabrina Siga

Arul’s guest is Sabrina Siga, who began to paint in 1979. Encouraged by her late husband (who was an Indian naval officer and a polo player, Siga’s works adorn the walls of numerous military establishments around India and the U.K. She also painted horses owned by royal families to grace palace walls.

In the year 2000, Siga believed that her God-given talent needed to serve the Lord and so began her foray into biblical art. Her deep spirituality and knowledge of the Bible has been a blessing as she struggles to popularize Christian religious art in this predominantly Hindu country.

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