Pushkar : The artists asked Prabhupada if Lord Chaitanya had a sikha. He said, “No, He didn’t have one, but we should paint Him with a sikha.” We asked Prabhupada if we should paint the sikha with a braid, and he said, “Braid is for a woman.“
Lord Chaitanya also didn’t wear a brahman thread, but Prabhupada told us to paint Him wearing the brahman thread. We asked Prabhupada how long we should work on a painting, and he told us a story about a young woman who was dressing for a ball but who missed the ball because she took so long to dress. Prabhupada didn’t want us to work too long on a painting.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint – Volume 2 by Siddhanta Dasa
