Srinagar,February 19, (Scoop News)-The department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums Kashmir has found a rare stone sculpture of lord Shiva at Wachi Shopian. The sculpture had earlier got unearthed from the river bed of Nallah Rambara at Malhora during an event of Sand extraction of the site. The find was then collected by the concerned […]
Tamil Nadu sculpture and unknown the pillar-panel of a ruined
Unique in the annals of our sculpture and unknown the pillar-panel of a ruined, forgotten edifice is the Narasimha Narasimhi pun. The representation of the avatara with two flanking, feminine counterparts in the same shape, sharing four hands and four legs between the three of them, is unknown to Hindu iconography, and a triumph of […]
Hoysala sculptures represents the baroque period of Indian art
The famous sculptures of temples –Hoysala rose to power in Karnataka The sculptures of the Mallikarjuna temple nearby narrate the incidents in the life of sri Krishna according to the Bhagavata Purana. Several centuries Chalukyan rule, Hoysalas rose to power in Karnataka in A.D. 12 th century. Their temples in Belur and Halebid […]
Khajuraho has the best specimens of Hindu sculpture -Ajanta
Murals in famous rock-cut caves at Bagh, along with those at Ajanta A wave of temple buildings appears to have swept over a large part of Madhya Pradesh between A.D.8th and 12th centuries. Some of the best specimens of these are the temples at Udayapur, Khajhuraho, Gwalior Fort and Gyaraspur. Khajuraho has the best specimens […]
Ruins of Hampi-rich in sculpture and greatest achievement of Indian art
The relics the final period of classical Hindu art are to be seen at Hampi, once called Vijayanagar, the capital of the great Vijayanagar Empire. Krishnadevaraya, the last great king of this empire who lived in the 16th century, was a patron of art and is responsible for the Rayala gopuras and the excellent carvings […]
Ancient stone sculpture of Goddess of 6th – 7th Century A.D. discovered in Indian Kashmir
Srinagar, August 01(Vijay Kumar) – In Indian Kashmir, J & K Police department discovered an ancient and magnificent stone sculpture of Goddess Lakshmi from an ancient spring at Village Nagabal Lesser in Kokernag area of South Kashmir. The sculpture is brilliantly carved in limestone (slightly brownish in colour) measuring 9-inches in height and […]
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