"Forgotten land of the ancient ones"
Titas Das - Kolkata, India

About Artwork:

The main inspiration of my tank is from a place where I spent my entire childhood, i.e Tripura. Tripura is a hilly region in the north-eastern part of India.
After moving into the city of Kolkata, the only possible way to have a piece of nature in my apartment is a plantes aquarium.
I remember playing and with my friends in the evening at valleys inbetween those small hills from where I could see the beautiful sunset at the horizon.
The climate of Tripura can be described as hot and humid, hence recieving rainfall almost throughout the year. This allows the growth of lush green vegetation almost everywhere. Thick and lush moss and ferns cover the lower parts of almost each and every trees which inspired me to use a decent amount of moss in my tank. The hardscape is based on the huge trees covered with mosses inside the forests with a path leading to the clearance of the valley where I used to play.
Those days of life were very precious to me and that forgotten land where the younger myself used to live and enjoy nature at its best is now a sweet distant memory which I tried to recreate in the “Forgotten land of the ancient ones.”

#734: Titas Das - Kolkata, India