Beautiful Indian sculpture photograph

These are  photographs of a beautiful Indian sculpture. This beautiful Indian Sculpture remind us about the glory and significance of Indian Sculpture, Indian Heritage and Culture.

 

ఇవి ఒక అందమైన భారతీయ శిల్పము యొక్క పొటోలు. ఈ శిల్పము మనకి భారతీయ శిల్పకళా వైభవాన్ని మరియు భారతీయ సంస్కృతీ సంప్రదాయాల యొక్క ఔన్నత్యాన్ని  మనకి గుర్తుకు తెస్తుంది.

Vishnu sculpture postcard

This is Vishnu sculpture postcard in my collection.

Birla Museum Bhopal printed this Vishnu sculpture postcard.

Mahadeva Statue of Elephanta caves postcard

This is Mahadeva Statue of Elephanta caves postcard in my collection.

This postcard printed by Archaeological Survey of India.

Arsenal in Tanjore Fort vintage print

This is Arsenal in Tanjore Fort vintage photographic print in my collection.

A Dance Panel from Cave No.7 of Aurangabad Caves Vintage Postcard

This is A Dance Panel from Cave No.7 of Aurangabad Caves Vintage Postcard in my collection.

King Edward's Statue Bombay vintage postcard

This is King Edward's Statue Bombay vintage postcard in my collection.

The Brihadeeswarar Temple of Thanjavur

This is Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple vintage postcard in my collection. 

This Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple vintage postcard used in the year 1910 in France.

The Brahadeewarar temple, called the Big Temple, is dedicated to Lord Siva. It was built by the great Chola King Raja Raja 1 (985 -1012 A.D). it is an outstanding exmple of Chola architecture. 

The Brihadeeswara temple is one of the few great Indian monuments listed in UNESCO's World Heritage list of historical sites and monuments.

The 64. 8 Mt. tall vimanam (tower over the sanctum sanctorum) is testimony to the engineering skill of the Cholas. In keeping with the size of the temple, it has gigantic “Mahalingam” in the shrine, measuring 4 meters in height. A monolithic Nandhi chiseled out of a single rock, measures 5. 94 meters in length, 2.51 metres in breadth and 3.66 meters in height. it is the second largest Nandhi in India. The Nandhi or bull is the vehicle of Lord Siva. Beautiful Chola fresco paintings adorn the inner walls of the Temple. One of the outstanding temples in South India, the Brahadeeshwarar temple is the  Chola dynast’s finest contribution to Dravidian temple architecture. What makes the construction so unique is the variation from the usual temple building style of having a tall gopuram and smaller vimanam. At the Big Temple the vimanam asoars high while the gopuram is smaller. The 64. 8m tall, 14 tier pyramid shaped vimanam raised from a square base is topped by a huge monolithic cupola carved from an 81.3 tonne block of granite. It was raised with the aid of a 6 km long inclined plane. 

The Brihadeeswarar temple is the major center of tourist attraction at Thanjavur. This temple is one of India's most prized architectural sites.The 'Vimana' - or the temple tower - is 216 ft (66 m) high and is among the tallest of its kind in the world. Thanjavur is the ancient capital of the Chola kings. King Rajaraja Chola constructed the Brihadeeswara Temple in 10th century AD and the architect Sama Varma designed it. Thanjavur was the center of learning during 10th to 14th century AD.

The Brihadisvarar temple in Thanjavur, the most important among the hundreds of temples built by the Chola emperors, has reached a milestone: a thousand years of existence. 

More information about Brihadeeswarar Temple is available in wikipedia.org website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanjavur

On 26th September,2010 Tamilnadu State Postal Department issued Postal Stamp issued a postage stamp featuring The Brihadeeswarar temple of Thanjavur to commemmorate the 1000th Year Celebrations of this Great Temple. An Indian monuments listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage list of historical sites and monuments.

On that day Post Master General, Central Region (TN), Tiruchirapalli has issued a set of 3 picture postcards to commemorate millennium celebrations of the Brihadeeswarar temple at Thanjavur. Set of three cards is priced at Rs. 15 (Rs. 5 each). An advertisement for the forthcoming INDIPEX 2011 Exhibition with logo is also placed on all three cards.

In my collection i have these 3 picture postcards issued by Tamilnadu Postal Department. 

Alongwith postal stamp Government also minted 5 rupees commemmorative coin on the occasion of 1000th Year Celebrations of this Great Temple.  In my collection i have a piece of this commemorative coin also.

This is Brihadeeswarar Temple photo from a vintage book on Indian Heritage and Culture in my collection.

This is Thanjavur Temple with Nandi special cover in my collection. This special cover issued on the occasion of TANAPEX'78 (Philateic exhibition) on 6th February, 1978.

This is Thanjavur Art Plate special cover in my collection. This special cover issued on the occasion of TANAPEX'75 (Philateic exhibition) on 6th September, 1975.

 This is Goddess Saraswati Maatha statue of Brihadesswarar Temple postcard issued by Archaeological Survey of India is in my collection.

Archaeology Postcards of Indian Museum Kolkata

These are set of 6 Archaeology Postcards published by Indian Museum Kolkata in my collection.

This is the cover of this Archaeology Postcards set of Indian Museum Kolkata.

This is Buddha statue from Mathura postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Dishvelled Lady statue from Khajuraho postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Lion Pillar Capital statue from Rampurva Bihar postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Maya's Dream statue from Bharhut postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.

This is Salabhanjika statue from Sanchi postcard in this Archaeology postcards set.
 

This is Yakshi statue from Bhuteswara Mathura postcard  in this Archaeology postcards set.

Sculptures of India

India is very famous for its glorious Heritage particularly Indian Sculptures are masterpieces for their  Art and Architecture style.  From the ancient period Architecture and Sculpture have played a significant role in the daily life of people of India. In India it is a common practice for the people to  contribute some money for the construction of temples and monuments. Alongwith the people of India the role of Maharajas of India is also very vital and significant in the construction of several temples and heritage monuments from the ancient period. From the ancient times Indians are dedicated themselves and being a part in the construction of several temples, monuments etc. like Tirumala Lord Balaji Temple, Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple, Khajuraho Temples, 12 Jyothirlinga Temples, 18 Shaktipeethams, Sanchi Stupa, Amaravathi Stupa, Sravanabelagola, Lepakshi Temple, Hampi Temple, Jumma Masjid Delhi, Charminar, Dilwara Temple, Ranakpur Jain Temple,Golden Temple Amritsar etc. These are only few temples etc. If any person start to writing to write the names of Heritage Monuments in India then definitely it will take more than 12 hours to mention those monument names. Even after 12 hours also it is not possible to write entire Heritage Monuments in India names. In the entire India there will be Lakhs of temples, heritage monuments, caves,mosques etc. and each of these structure has its own architectural and sculptural heritage. Every Religion in India gave some valuable contribution from their side in the form of several Heritage monuments by within their own architecture and sculpture.

Below are the some photos of a Temple Gopuram. Please look into the Architecture Style of this Gopuram and its beautiful Sculptures. Where did we find such Architecture Style and Sculptures in the present day modern India. In the present generation all these Architecture and Sculpture styles are almost vanished and in entire India only few Sculpture makers and Architects who dedicate themselves for the constructions of new heritage monuments and temples etc. with beautiful sculptures. Due to the modernization in everywhere it is not possible for those few Architects and Sculpture makers to continue their same age old tradition which inherit from their forefathers because they cannot survive and sustain their livelihood with the small money which received from others for creating and developing these age old traditions of architecture and sculpture making. 

Hence it is responsibility of all people to give some charity in the form money and also in some other forms like donating clothes, food accessories etc. to those remaining few Architects and Sculpture Makers whenever we see such people for their livelihood. Otherwise there will be no contributions of any temples, heritage monuments etc. to our future generation people from our present generation and at that time in the future people think about only our old and ancestral generations for their valuable contributions in the form of art,architecture and sculptures. 

Apart from giving money and other forms charity to those few architect and sculpture making people for sustaining their day to day life it is also one of our another prime responsibility to preserve those temples and other heritage monuments which came to us as a gift from our ancient generations. As per many surveys across India many old temples and other heritage monuments are lost their originality and  some of them vanished completely.

There will be few dedicated organisations in India like Archaeological Survey of India and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage which gave valuable contribution for the preservation of these heritage monuments, temples etc. But it is not possible for the preservation of these temples etc. with the efforts of those few organisations only and being a responsible citizen there will be some contribution which definitely need from our every person for the preservation these age old temples, Heritage monuments etc. Otherwise in future generations people heard about these temples and monuments by reading books and watching documentaries only. 

Shall we give real heritage monuments and temples to the future generations or giving only glimpses and history instead of real monuments because these monuments vanished gradually if we cannot preserve them for future generations. It will be on our hands only as of what we give to our future generations in the form Heritage.

Below are the photos of a Temple Gopuram and its beautiful Sculptures and glorious architectural style.