The caves here are numbered for convenience of identifying. The most famous sculpture is the monumental figure of Vishnu in his incarnation as the boar-headed Varaha. Another interesting sculpture is that of Shivlinga where hair is tied up into a topknot.I think there are alltogether 14 to 16 caves. I could explore only few caves due to shortage of time. This was the last place that I visited during my trip of Madhya Pradesh state. We shall explore the following caves in detail very soon.
Amazing photos of such ancient places!
ReplyDeleteYou travel quite extensively, which must be lovely. Everything is always so interesting and culturally so very different from anything I know. I'll be interested in those caves you're going to feature.
ReplyDeleteMadhya Pradesh is now on my travel wish list after reading all your post on it.
ReplyDeleteThe sculptures of Hari(in the form of Varaha) and Hara(in the form of Shivalinga) are both very very interesting.Such variants in sculpture are really not common.Thanks for exploring!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting sculptures! Beautiful carving.
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ReplyDeleteFine architecture, captured so very well.
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful carvings. Lovely mosaic, Rajesh!
ReplyDeleteWow , there are some many udaygiris in India .
ReplyDeleteInteresting sculptures rajesh!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, caves fascinate me.;)
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Love that sculpture in the last photo.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the caves.
Beautiful pics, I love exploring caves and historical monuments. I hope someday I get to travel to Udaygiri and visit these beautiful old caves.
ReplyDeleteOnce more very elaborate carvings! Quite impressive and i am sure there's a lot to discover in all these caves!
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting post and terrific captures as always, Rajesh! I do love the amazing detail in the carvings! Hope you have a great week!
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Nice shots, I'm looking forward to seeing more.
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ReplyDeleteI love this kind of works in stone. They are true works of art.
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An unusual place with historic sculptures. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThere is one in one of the Ellora caves. Great pics.
ReplyDeleteThe caves seem like a fascinating place to explore.
ReplyDeletelovely sculptures.thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful carvings, and to think of all the work that went into making them. Quite astounding.
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ReplyDeleteIt is fascinating to think that these things were carved in caves so very long ago and that they've been preserved so well over the years!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting story about the sculpture. Looking forward to seeing the caves.
ReplyDeleteAmazing what people could do so long ago! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe determination to do that in caves is marvellous. Another excellent post.
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Very interesting, as always.
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The carvings are beautiful. I look forward to seeing the two caves you explored in detail.
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Great shot!
ReplyDeleteLooks a fascinating place to explore.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful carvings. Great shots.
ReplyDeleteGreat captures of wonderful carvings!
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Thank you all for appreciating the sculptures. We shall explore about them in more detail.
ReplyDeleteWow! These sculptures are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a bit of history.
ReplyDeleteAmazing caves from the Gupta period - Gupta Dynasty is considered the Golden Age in Indian history considering the peace and harmony that prevailed for many centuries devoid of war - and great growth in art, architecture, sculpture, paintings etc.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see how your pictures in the caves turned out! What a wonderful place this must be. Just the name (thank you for supplying the translation) is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI have been there years back...so the pics made me nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteThe best sculpture are on the pillars, arches and to the rear of the courtyard...aah! mountain of the sunrise:) beautiiful shot!
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Thank you all for the appreciation.
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