Elegance Of India

  Introduction to The Rock-cut Architecture of Ajanta (By Anannya Banerjee)   Ajanta is a horseshoe-shaped place located in the Western Ghats mountain range of the Deccan. This renowned and well-famed cave was built under the patronage of King Harrison, who ruled from 460 AD to 478 AD. Discovered in 1819, by a team of British army officers on tiger hunting, the site consists of a series of thirty carved caves, some unfinished, which were excavated in a short but intense time. Many of the Ajanta caves cut into the vertical mountains just above the Waghora River. This magnificent picturesque scenario of the cave is nothing but simply an example of major achievements in architecture, sculpture, and painting. There are several of them.  There are halls, shrines, monasteries, and vihara of Mahayana Buddhist monks who lived there. Already accessed The riverfront, the caves, are numbered at the entrance from the entrance by individual stairs Now connected by a roofed path...

  Gateway of Arts & Culture in India (By Anannya Banerjee)   Religion was always one of the major forces that reside behind the stimulation of artistic incense and the creation of marvelous artworks and well-famed architectures in the era of ancient India. According to the thinking of most ordinary Indians, the unprecedented world is nothing but confusing, perceived, and explained by the senses, which provide personal information rather than universal nature. The primary illusion is the belief in separate, arrogant existence. Most indie religions dispel this illusion and the realization of universal unity and the understanding that each seemingly individual entity is only the manifestation of one person. The ultimate truth is considered to be transcendent, beyond the limited means of acquiring our knowledge. However, a number of symbolic devices (pointing to the truth rather than referring to the truth) can point toward the goal of uniform state perception. These inclu...