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Ajanta
Caves : Monuments in Mountains
The
Ajanta caves were noticed by Huan T'sang,
the great Chinese traveler of the 7Th
century, but following a period of political
chaos and confusion, these "monuments
in mountains" lapsed into obscurity and
were virtually lost to history. They were
accidentally rediscovered in 1819 by a team
of British Soldiers who were on a hunting
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Rediscovery of "this richest remaining
jewel of the ancient art of India" has
been hailed as one of the greatest finds of
the art world. The quality of the murals,
the form and the message of which traveled
to Japan and South Korea through Tibet and
China, is truly superb.
It
has been rightly declared as world heritage
by UNESCO. It was the animation of Ajanta
paintings that inspired many a dance form of
Uday Shankar and his Russian dance partner,
Anna Pavlova.
In
the caves, cool light with fibre optics has
been provided. This not enables tourists to
see the paintings in all their glory and
detail but also prevents any further damage
from hest emitted by the normal lighting
system.
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Ellora
- Panorama
Similar
conditions prevailed in the neighbouring
rock-cut Temple Complex of Ellora- another
incredible masterpiece of cave art and architecture
of India- and similar action , under the New
Initiative, has been taken to restore glory
and grandeur to it.
Now
the awe-inspiring, spectacular panorama of
Ajanta and Ellora serves as a magnificent
window to the great arts of India and also
lifts you to higher horizon of thought which
has always been a noble and distinctive
feature of Indian heritage.
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"
On the hundred walls and Pillars of these
Rock-carved temples a vast drama moves
before our eyes, a drama played by princes
and a sages, and heroes, by men and women of
every condition, against a marvelously
varied scene, among forests and gardens, in
courts and cities, on wide plains and in
deep jungles, while above the messengers of
heaven move swiftly across the sky . From
all these emanates a great joy in the
surpassing radiance of the face of the
world, in the physical nobility of men and
women, in the strength and, grace of animals
and the loveliness and purity of birds and
flowers; and woven into this fabric of
material beauty we see the ordered pattern
of the spiritual realities of the
universe." |
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