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Religious Gifts – Statues and Sculptures of Hindu Gods

Shalini Verma — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:15:42 +0000

Crafts in India – Stone Carving Statues Sculptures from India

The art of stone carving developed in India a little later when compared to woodcarving. India has a huge resource of different varieties of stones and our skilled craftsmen fuse life into them. The Indian craftsman’s mastery over stone is best revealed in the architecture and sculptures found in Khajuraho temples. The intricate carvings found at Sanchi are...

Brass Statues – Lost Wax Metal Carving Sculptures in India

Brass Sculptures from India, representing the traditional iconography of this ancient land. In India, statues, carvings and castings are made in attractive copper alloys like brass. The traditional methods are still employed in this field. India is the largest brassware manufacturing country in the world…

Bronze Sculpture Statue Figurines and Collectibles

An incredible collection of bronze sculpture, Quality Bronze Sculptures Standard & Custom Designs, bronze statues, Bronze sculptures, animal sculpture. Bronze is the most popular metal for casting metal sculptures. Bronze alloys carry the unusual and desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling the finest details of a mould...

Wood Carving, Handmade Wood Statues & Sculptures

Wood carving is a traditional craft among number of tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh. The main centre for woodcarving in the state is the Wancho area of Tirap district. They make figure heads, warriors, miniature morung, and figurines depicting different vocations common to rural life, animal figures, colorful masks and images of Lord Budha….

Terracotta Sculptures, Indian Clay Statue

Terracotta is a ceramic material that has been used for building construction and decorative arts since ancient times in cultures around the world. Terracotta, which literally means “baked earth,” is made from natural clay, which gives it a characteristic reddish-brown color. The color varies slightly depending on the clay used. Terracotta may be glazed for extra durability or to provide color.…

Marble Sculptures, Marble Carving Fine Art Sculptures in India

Immaculate Marble Sculptures with polished looks have intrigued generations of people with their refined beauty, sophistry and elegance. Timeless masterpieces of art the sculptures in marble stones radiate an air of aristocracy and luxury. Wonderful statues, idols, decorative pieces are sculpted from metamorphosed lime stones that are popularly known as marbles…

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Handmade Indian Statues & Sculptures

Shalini Verma — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:43:18 +0000

Sculptures have a very old history in India. Excavations of the old civilizations have shown traces of metal sculptures in the land. Different regions within the country differ in choosing the material of sculpture.

Stone and clay sculptures dominate the east region. The south has the master sculptors of wood and metal. The central states have a rare talent of molding the iron. Various kinds of wood are used for making beautiful and intricate sculptures in the south India. These sculptures are made either in one block of wood or by joining more than two pieces together. The glue used for joining them is prepared by grinding tamarind seeds. The use of wood is seen almost in every region however. The techniques of crafting are also different in each region.
The oldest and the most complex technique is the one used in the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh. The tribals of this region use the cire-perdu or the lost wax technique for making various metal sculptures. This method has been in practice for a very long time. The skill is passed from one generation to the other. The eastern state Orissa has in abundance a very soft stone known as soapstone. The artists of this region realize the minutest of their imagination on this gray stone. Kerala, a beautiful coastal state in the south produces the best of the rose wood sculptures of the country. The themes are everywhere related to the deities or the nature.

Apart from making individual idols of the Hindu deities, the sculptors also make idols with mythological significance. We have collected for you the best from every region. Discover and learn the heritage of the Indian sculptures.

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Ramayana – Story of Lord Rama

Shalini Verma — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:56:46 +0000

Traditionally, Ramayana is ascribed to a Valmiki, regarded as India’s first poet. The Indian tradition, is unanimous in its agreement that the poem is the work of a single poet, the brahman sage Valmiki, a contemporary of Rama and a peripheral actor in the epic drama.

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The story’s original version in Sanskrit is known as Valmiki Ramayana, written around 4th century B.C. According to Hindu tradition, the Ramayana takes place during a period of time, known as Treta Yuga.

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In the form we have it today, Valmiki Ramayana is an epic poem of some 50,000 lines retelling in Sanskrit verses. The text survives in several thousand partial and complete manuscripts, the oldest of which appears to date from the eleventh century A.D. The text has several regional renderings, recensions and subrecensions. Textual scholar Robert P. Goldman differentiates two major regional recensions—the northern (N) and the southern (S). Famous recensions include, the Ramayanam of Kamban in Tamil (ca. 11th-12th century) and Ramacharitamanas by Tulasidas in Hindi (c. 16th century). Scholar Romesh Chunder Dutt writes that, “the Ramayana, like the Mahabharata, is a growth of centuries, but the main story is more distinctly the creation of one mind.”

There have been speculations on whether the first and the last chapters of Valmiki’s Ramayana were written by the original author. Many experts are of the opinion that they are integral parts of the book in spite of the many differences in style and some contradictions in content between these two chapters and the rest of the book.

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