Thursday, May 30, 2019

Uday giri caves

The Udayagiri Caves are twenty rock-cut caves near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from the early years of the 5th century CE. They contain some of the oldest surviving Hindu temples and iconography in India. They are the only site that can be verifiably associated with a Gupta period monarch from its inscriptions. 

Udayagiri caves contain iconography of Vaishnavism (Vishnu), Shaktism (Durga and Matrikas) and Shaivism (Shiva).They are notable for the ancient monumental reliefsculpture of Vishnu in his incarnation as the man-boar Varaha, rescuing the earth symbolically represented by Bhudevi clinging to the boar's tusk as described in Hindu mythology. The site has important inscriptions of the Gupta dynastybelonging to the reigns of Chandragupta II and Kumaragupta I (c. 415-55).In addition to these, Udayagiri has a series of rock-shelters and petroglyphs, ruined buildings, inscriptions, water systems, fortifications and habitation mounds, all of which remain a subject of continuing archaeological studies. The Udayagiri Caves complex consists of twenty caves, of which one is dedicated to Jainism and all others to Hinduism.The Jain cave is notable for one of the oldest known Jaina inscriptions from 425 CE, while the Hindu Caves feature inscriptions from 401 CE.









Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Bhojeswar Temple

The bhojeswar temple is an incomplete Hindu temple of Lord Shiva in the village of Madya pradesh. It houses a 7.5 feet of lingam.



The temple's construction is believed to have started in the 11th century, during the reign of the Paramara king Bhoja. The construction was abandoned for unknown reasons, with the architectural plans engraved on the surrounding rocks. The unfinished materials abandoned at the site, the architectural drawings carved on the rocks, and the mason's marks have helped scholars understand the temple construction techniques of 11th-century India. The temple has been designated as a Monument of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

The Bhimbetka Rocks

The Bhimbetka Rocks

The Bhimbetka rock sheltersare an archaeological site in central India that spans the prehistoric paleolithic and mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period.[1][2] It exhibits the earliest traces of human life on the Indian subcontinent and evidence of Stone Age starting at the site in Acheulian times.[3][4][5] It is located in the Raisen Districtin the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Bhopal. 





It is a UNESCO world heritage site that consists of seven hills and over 750 rock shelters distributed over 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). At least some of the shelters were inhabited more than 100,000 years ago. The rock shelters and caves provide evidence of, according to Encyclopædia Britannica, a "rare glimpse" into human settlement and cultural evolution from hunter-gatherers, to agriculture, and expressions of spirituality.
Some of the Bhimbetka rock shelters feature prehistoric cave paintings and the earliest are about 30,000 years old.[9] These cave paintings show themes such as animals, early evidence of dance and hunting.[10][11] The Bhimbetka site has the oldest known rock art in the Indian subcontinent,[12] as well as is one of the largest prehistoric complexes

The Tribal Museum

The Tribal Museum of M.P.

The tribal museum consists of all types of tribals. Chhattisgarh state tribals are special guests to see. Audience is a very large and complex unit encompassing children, youth, senior citizens, rural people and people of all sections of society. There are further sub-sections among these sections. For example, culture is prime passion for some while some others find no relevance of word 'culture


















' in present-day context. They want to take a look back at the past and take the development anti-clockwise. The third and possibly the largest category is of those who are totally unconcerned to all the cultural questions, neither have they thought about it nor need to think about the same.Audience is a very large and complex unit encompassing children, youth, senior citizens, rural people and people of all sections of society. There are further sub-sections among these sections. For example, culture is prime passion for some while some others find no relevance of word 'culture' in present-day context. They want to take a look back at the past and take the development anti-clockwise. The third and possibly the largest category is of those who are totally unconcerned to all the cultural questions, neither have they thought about it nor need to think about the same.