Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Images of India - 37

A glimpse of ancient sculptures of India in black and white and are showcased museums for the benefit of interested people.


The 10th century sculpture of Uma Maheshwar at Archaeological Museum in Shimoga

22 comments:

Al said...

So beautiful and distinctly Indian - I can't imagine it anywhere else!

Rajesh said...

Nice..I like the full framing of the pic.

D.Nambiar said...

I should keep that in mind -- that they have an archaeological museum in Shimoga. Thank you for that info.

Our photos said...

Beautiful photo!
Greetings, RW & SK

Paresh Kale said...

great artifact !

R Niranjan Das said...

Lovely architecture!

http://joshidaniel.com/ said...

beautiful and classic :)

Anita said...

❀✽.¸¸.•*`*Beautiful❀✽.¸¸.•*`*

Maniparna said...

Amazingly beautiful and perfect..where is Shimoga ?

Unknown said...

Extraordinary sculpture!

krishna said...

Another splendid photograph....

Laura said...

Beautiful artistry!

NatureFootstep said...

they were great artists back then.

Teamgsquare said...

Lovely sculpture.

Anonymous said...

This Old Sculptors are antique indeed

Anonymous said...

What amazing wokmanship!

sunshine said...

Beautiful sculpture with an amazing age. That's great on the Indian culture and religions.

Dragonstar said...

Such excellent carving. I'm so glad you can shoe these things to us.

HansHB said...

Beautiful B&W post!

Monica S Engell said...

What a fantastic detail-work! Amazing sculpture!
:)

Taken For Granted said...

Nice to think this couple has been together for over 1000 years. Now that is faithfulness.

Jarek said...

Interesting picture.