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The Timeless Beauty Of Bhimbetka

1/31/2016

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I have been planning for a long time to visit India’s largest repository of prehistoric art in the Bhimbetka caves.
Silence engulfed us as we strolled into the caves. All around us were surfeit of painted scenes scattered across the fantastically shaped sandstone rock shelters. The rock paintings have numerous layers belonging to various epochs of time, ranging from the Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic Age to the protohistoric periods. Executed mainly in red and white with themes taken from the everyday events thousands of years ago, the scenes depict hunting, dancing, horse and elephant riders, animal fights, honey collection, decoration of bodies, disguises, masks and an amazing array of animals. The emotion is often raw and palpable, whether it is a victorious horseback hunter or a swaying dancer.
These paintings offer enchanting insights into the psyche and lives of people who inhabited these caves. Evoking in the process, the perennial relations between individual consciousness and the world around.

Eons ago artists touched
These stony walls
And by dying light
Sketched these figures
On a vast canvas
Of primal imagination
The wonder lasts
Deep in the caves
That lie unexplored
In all of us . . .


Glimpses at:
https://goo.gl/photos/wUzMUREppNebib7r9

9 Comments
Sundar
1/31/2016 05:39:49 am

Aewsome Ragu

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Chanda
1/31/2016 07:13:01 am

Wow Ragu. Beautiful photos, write up and the poem.

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ravi
1/31/2016 08:57:00 pm

sir ...awesome..stunning..

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Malathi Swaminathan
2/1/2016 12:24:44 am

Thanks a ton Sir! Simply stunning!

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Ravi Shankar Rao
2/1/2016 07:27:04 am

Was delightfully transported into the really distant past with these lovely images. Thanks Ragu!

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Mohan
2/4/2016 03:47:42 am

Really Awesome!Thanks to your exploration we get to see these fantastic paintings.That they have survived for so many centuries is astounding.Keep fascinating us.!Thanks Ragu.

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Ajay
2/5/2016 03:17:26 am

Enchanting! All aspects of their life appear on the beautiful images. reminds me of our trip to Pakshipathalam many years ago!

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Vivek
2/7/2016 06:54:32 am

Beautiful........ A glimpse of the past..... So we'll preserved...... It must feel like you're entering a time capsule

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Shabbir Amanullah
3/18/2020 02:52:07 pm

The power of art!

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