mangaluru digital vector art work on swami koragajja of tulunadu by artist and photographer sj shashank acharya has gone viral created about three months ago several motorbikes cars and mobile covers are flaunting this sticker people have even made this picture as their personal display picture dp on various social media platformsshashank acharya who owns a design studio on car street told toi at office i am in the habit of playing bhakti geethe devotional songs from various youtube channels about three months ago as i was listening to a devotional song based on swami koragajja one of the most worshiped demigods of tulunadu i simply drew three white lines indicating the forehead i could not give up working on the image and spent the whole day to complete itby that evening shashank had sent it to all his friends and the response that he got was amazing in no time it turned into a rage with several people changing their dps and status picture even mobile covers stickers and tshirts were brought out with the image created by swami koragajja i never expected it to go viral he said a diploma holder in design shashank never went to an art school and painting is his hobby his first guru was jayanth shetty an art teacher at canara high school shashank uses digital vector for designing as part of his job however after swami koragajjathe local deity worshipped in the form of spiritshashanks recent art work on mantra devate another tulunadu daiva has also turned into a sensationhe said i have also created several other works but not all of them became a rage art work on former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee went viral during the election soon after wing commander abhinandan was released from pakistan i designed a poster of the pm in indian army uniform this poster was also shared in a few whatapps groups shashank is the son of jagadish siddakatte who is a goldsmith and shyamala a homemaker this is not the first time that a mangalurean artists work has gone viral last year the angry hanuman poster designed by artist karan acharya became a rage and during the recent lok sabha election artist jeevan acharya won the hearts with his digital vector art work chowkidar sher hai both these artists have received praise from prime minister narendra modi