ART OF INDIA

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We all like to draw, right ? Have you ever thought about how drawing or painting started or how it was used?or where was it used? Or what's the use of it? Today we are going to a place in India  where it is famous for its paintings and how it is used. Welcome to visitwithme today. We are going to visit Ellora caves in India.

Drawing is a form of art through simple things like pencil , paper. It is a visual representation

Recently digital drawing using Ipad or smartphone people are creating masterpiece . drawing is one of the oldest forms of human expression within the visual arts. It is believed that drawings were before the invention of speaking language as many rock and cave paintings were found that were done before 30,000 years. Drawing is not only used in artistic but also in commercial animation,illustration and also in education like engineering ,architecture and technical drawing. 

Drawing isn't as simple as we think it is as it involves tones , forms, proportions  and perspectives but it is never too late to learn it because it involves a lot of benefits .

1. Visual memory

2. Decision making 

3. Perception 

4. Hand control

With the help of old drawing or painting we are able to interpret our past and have knowledge about something we never saw. 

One of the best examples of drawings and paintings before human language is ELLORA CAVES located in Maharashtra is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites . It is largest rock cut cave in india which is believed to done from 600-100CE .the ellora monument were built during Rashtrakuta dynasty and Yadava dynasty.Ellora occupies a relatively flat rocky region of the Western ghats where ancient volcanic activity had created multilayered basalt formations, known as the Deccan Traps. The volcanic activity that formed the west-facing cliff that houses the Ellora caves occurred during the Cretaceous period. The resulting vertical face made access to many layers of rock formations easier, enabling architects to pick basalt with finer grains for more detailed sculpting.

The Hindu caves were constructed during the Kalachuris period, from the mid-6th century to the end of the 8th century in two phases. Nine cave temples were excavated early in the 6th century followed by a further four caves (caves 17–29). Work first commenced, in order, on Caves 28, 27 and 19 then Caves 29 and 21, which were excavated concurrently with Caves 20 and 26. Caves 17 and 28 were the last ones to be started.

The later caves, 14, 15 and 16, were constructed during theRashrakuta  period, some being dated to between the 8th to 10th centuries.Work first began in Caves 14 and 15 with Cave 16, the world's largest monolith being the last of the three to be constructed] These caves were completed in the 8th century with the support of king Krishna I.

It was initially thought that the Buddhist caves were the earliest structures that were created between the fifth and eighth centuries, with caves 1–5 in the first phase (400–600) and 6–12 in the later phase (650–750), but modern scholars now consider the construction of Hindu caves to have been before the Buddhist caves.

The earliest Buddhist cave is Cave 6, then 5, 2, 3, 5 , 4, 7, 8, 10 and 9, with caves 11 and 12, also known as

:-Do Thal and Tin Thal respectively, being the last.

Eleven out of the twelve Buddhist caves consist of viharas(travelers) or monasteries with prayer halls:-large, multi-storeyed buildings carved into the mountain face, including living quarters, sleeping quarters, kitchens, and other rooms.

 The monastery caves have shrines including carvings of Gautama Buddha , bodhisattvas and saints.

In some of these caves, sculptors have endeavoured to give the stone the look of wood.Caves 5, 10, 11 and 12 are architecturally important Buddhist caves.

Cave 5 is unique among the Ellora caves as it was designed as a hall with a pair of parallel refectory benches in the centre and a Buddha statue in the rear.

This cave, and Cave 11 of the Kanheri Caves  are the only two Buddhist caves in India arranged in such a way.

Caves 1 through 9 are all monasteries while Cave 10, the Vīśvakarmā Cave, is a major Buddhist prayer hall.

Several inscriptions at Ellora date from the 6th century onwards,the best known of which is an inscription by Rashtrakuta Dantidurga (c.753-757 CE) on the back wall of the front mandapa of cave 15 stating that he had offered prayers at that temple. Jagannatha Sabha , jain cave 33,has 3 inscriptions that give the names of monks and donors , while a Parshvanath templ on the hill has a 1247 CE inscription that gives the name of donor from Vardhamanpura.

The carvings Ellora were at one time profusely painted . the rock was covered with lime plaster which was painted . The plaster and the paint has survived in places.

Many Indian movies were taken there and Ellora with 34 different caves attract the tourists. Maharashtra gains a lot of profits through the caves present there. If you are a huge fan od history and art, I would highly recommend this because of its paintings and culture.

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