In the Chennakesava Temple of Belur there are several beautiful sculptures created in 1175 A.D. Here one can see beautiful carving of Lord Vishnu in a reclining position over the Adi Sesha with Laksmi near the feet on the external wall of the temple. This pose is known as Vishnu Anathashayanam.
A beautiful sculpture in black stone at 12th century Airavateswarar Temple of Darasuram.
A sculpture of Lord Hanuman on the external wall of 13th century Lakshmi Narasimha Temple at Bhadravati. Not so elaborate carving of Vishnu Anathashayanam on a pillar at
Panchalingeshwara Temple in Barkur. A simple carving of 2 people on a animal at Mallikarjuna Temple, Basaralu.
26 comments:
Amazing. Great captures.
Great to explore the beauty of your country !!
Fantastic photos !!
Greetings
beautiful as usual
Beautiful! I like the carving of people and animal(goat?) on bottom right.
The black stone sculptures are different -- I don't remembering seeing those before. All such beautiful works. Are the artists (stone carvers) known at all (is there any history of these artists?)
Superb capture on the details of the sculptures!
I really like seeing the details up close.
Worth a Thousand Words
As always you show us the most incredible sculptures.
A wonderful stone work.
Gorgeous.
As always, the detail of these carvings and sculptures are exquisite! It is interesting to read your explanation of their poses.
Cool shots..
Amazing carvings Rajesh.
There is a wealth of history in India.
Shane
wonderful works of art... and i think, every artwork has a poem in it
Have a nice abc-wednesday-day / – week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
I agree. the carvings are like Poetry in their motion.
It certainly is poetry in stone!
Leslie
abcw team
The carvings are intricate and beautiful ~ great photos of this beauty in your world
Happy Week to you ~ ^_^
What a luck, that these great sculptures are still there and nobody has destroyed them.
Thanks for sharing, greetings from Germany
Those sculpts breathtaking sculptures in the Indian temples are truly amazing. I'd love to visit India someday, since I am related to a gentleman from India by marriage. Blessings!
Incredible work! Thanks for sharing.
What wonderful carving so intricate in detail,
You must have a wonderful time you must have
visiting all these spectacular places of worship,
looking forward to seeing more soon,
best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
very detailed, as always
ROG, ABCW
I have been to Belur and Darasuram, absolutely mesmerising experience there!
Evidence of a rich and interesting history...thanks for sharing.
Good Series !
Beautiful pictures. I like the name of this series: Poetry in stone :)
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