My Concept & Theme for Indian Rupee Symbol.
I have created two symbols which are an adaptation of the two Devnagari Alphabets viz.
"SHREE" & "RU".
‘Shree' means "Wealth" and represents "Laxmi" the goddess of wealth.
This letter is inscribed on top of all documents written in Ancient India as an auspicious symbol and still used in Devnagari.
If written by hand the proposed symbols of "Shree" & "RU" require only 2 strokes as in case of the currency symbols for Dollars, Pounds, Yen or Euro dollars( one has to lift the hand only once to complete the symbol )
"RU" is a rarely used alphabet except by "Panini" in his grammatical treatise in ‘Sanskrit" the most ancient spoken and written language of the world.
"RU" stands for "RUSHI" (Sage) and also the phonetic abbreviation of "RUPEE" or "Rupyakani" in Sanskrit inscribed on all Indian paper currency
Both these symbols evoke the deeply rooted emotions in the subconscious mind of Indian people and represent their traditions and culture.
The two symbols are not connected with any particular religion but represent the ancient culture of India.
Both these very effectively represent the "Value" of the Indian Rupee.
Prakash M. Apte
April 2009