Love Artist Traveled half the world on a bike for a meeting with the beloved

Pradyumna Kumar Mahananda born into a family that belongs to the Indian caste "untouchables". Such as it is located at the very bottom of the caste pyramid India. Despite this, the man had an extraordinary artistic talent that allowed him to enter the College of Art in New Delhi.





In his student years Pradyumna proved himself a fine portrait painter, and he began to make orders not only nationals but also many foreigners.





One of these orders became fatal for the young artist. He was to paint a portrait of 19-year-old Swede Charlotte von Sledvin, which at the time was studying in London. She heard a lot of good feedback about the Indian master, so I decided to make the journey into a far country, and all for one picture.





Charlotte posed Pradyumna week. This time is enough to make between two young men inflamed romantic feelings. Without much thought, love married.





But Charlotte was obliged to return to Sweden, while the study was still going Pradyumna. The newlyweds leave, but have promised each other that they will soon meet again. Charlotte realized that her beloved constrained in material terms, and, therefore, invited him to pay a road, but a proud man refused and said he will cope. Separated they did not stop writing letters ...

Three years later, Pradyumna began gathering. He had a long way to go, so the young man sold all that he had, and bought a bicycle. It poor artist 5 months passed 8 countries!





To be more precise, on the journey Pradyumna took 4 months and three weeks. Once a guy came to Charlotte, they are not separated.

Loving couple have lived together for 40 years and gave birth to two children. A Pradyumna became not only well-known artist in Sweden, but after the Indian culture.





: Fishki.net