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Ekaa – The One
An artistic expression of the feminine force we carry – timeless, balanced and powerful – beyond gender
Ekaa: The One is a national travelling exhibition featuring the complete collection of 64 Yogini paintings by Dr. Beena Unnikrishnan, presented alongside the documentary Y64: Whispers of the Unseen. The exhibition travels across 16 states over 81 days, covering more than 10,000 kilometres between January and April 2026, starting in Kochi and continuing to Coimbatore, Bengaluru, and several cities across India.
Ekaa: The One has been conceived and led by Dr. Beena Unnikrishnan under the aegis of The Kankali Trust.
The exhibition was officially launched on December 4, 2025 at Siri Fort Auditorium II, South Delhi, in the presence of an erudite audience comprising artists, scholars and civil servants. Honourable Union Minister for Transport & Highways of India, Shri. Nitin Gadkari congratulated the team and shared his best wishes virtually.
At each city, Ekaa: The One is presented as a three-day immersive exhibition with the full set of paintings, guided narratives, contextual information, and audience engagement sessions. The documentary Y64: Whispers of the Unseen is directed by Dr. Jain Joseph, Head of NEO Film School, and produced by Dr. Beena Unnikrishnan. Together, the paintings and the film offer a layered introduction to the Yogini tradition through art, research, and lived spiritual inquiry.
For the first time in India and globally, all 64 Yoginis have been painted as a complete contemporary collection by a single artist. It is a contemporary artistic interpretation that brings an ancient spiritual tradition into today’s cultural and social conversation. The exhibition spaces are designed as reflective environments where visitors can engage with the works at their own pace.
A Decade-Long Personal and Creative Journey
The paintings and the documentary are the result of a deeply personal spiritual and creative journey spanning more than a decade. Dr. Beena Unnikrishnan travelled to Yogini temples, studied historical and spiritual sources, and developed an intuitive artistic practice through years of reflection and exploration. Each painting is created as a contemplative work, inviting viewers to pause, feel, and engage.
What began as a private inner journey has evolved into a public cultural offering. Ekaa: The One invites audiences to encounter ancient knowledge systems through a contemporary artistic lens, and to reflect on their own inner landscapes.
The Yoginis and Their Relevance Today
Yoginis are sacred manifestations of Shakti, the primordial feminine energy that creates, protects and transforms all existence.
In Indian spiritual and tantric traditions, the 64 Yoginis are revered as powerful embodiments of cosmic intelligence, creativity, and transformation. Each Yogini symbolizes a distinct aspect of feminine wisdom like intuition, courage, healing, destruction, renewal, and transcendence, forming a holistic map of human and cosmic potential.
Ekaa: The One highlights the understanding that every person carries both feminine and masculine energies, and that the wisdom of the feminine is essential for balance, empathy, creativity, and inner strength.
In contemporary times, the Yoginis offer a language for gender harmony, emotional intelligence, leadership rooted in compassion, and holistic well-being. They invite individuals and communities to move beyond binaries and rediscover balance between action and reflection, logic and intuition, power and care.
The Yogini tradition is presented as a timeless framework for integration and wholeness in personal lives, organisations, and societies.
About the Artist
Dr. Beena Unnikrishnan is a social entrepreneur, artist, filmmaker, author, and cultural leader. She founded the Kankali Trust for Arts and Cultural Economic Development to support underrepresented artists and promote inclusive creative economies. Her career spans more than three decades across education, entrepreneurship, art, and cultural leadership. She serves as G100 Global Chair for Arts Leadership and Films and is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Atelier magazine.
Her artistic work explores spirituality, cosmology, and cultural heritage. Notable projects include Travel with the Moon: Nakshatra Series, a set of twenty-seven paintings depicting celestial constellations rooted in cosmic symbolism and sacred geometry, and The Chausath (64) Yoginis, which forms the centre of her spiritual and artistic practice. She is the author of Whispers of the Unseen, which documents her journey through Yogini temples across India, and is a recipient of a senior fellowship from the Ministry of Culture for research on Art and Cognitive Development.
Her documentary Y64: Whispers of the Unseen explores the history and living traditions of the Yoginis and reflects her commitment to preserving India’s cultural and spiritual heritage through contemporary media.