Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Hi Vijay,
 
  Interesting blog. Clear and crisp description. I like the way you described the sculptures. 
 

— In [email protected], “Sivaram Kannan”
wrote:
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> Fantastic Vijay. A great article.
>
> regards,
> siva.

Hi siva

thanks.

Today’s post –

Art inspired by Sculpture – Series – part 2

We had seen earlier how profound is the influence of a divine creation
on a viewer. The splendor of the masterpiece, transcends time and the
joy of the artist’s creation, despite being a thousand years old,
continues to pass on from his flesh to stone and from the stone to
flesh – of the viewer.

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/19/art-inspired-by-sculpture-series-part-2

rgds
vj

Very Nice,
 
Kathie,
Thank you so much.U get me to Narthamalai by ur article.
(As im belong to Thanjavur  district, till now i didnt go to narthamalai…..shame)

Hi Vijay & kathie,

Thanks for this article… really I was not aware of this place until this
morning. The photos were very nice, that too the first intro photo to that
temple is beautiful.

Hi Kathie,

Nice one. Excellent photos. Expecting more from your experience.

— In [email protected], “Vijay Kumar .S”
wrote:
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> Hi friends
>
> We have seen many rock cut shrines and structures in india, but not
> many outside china know about this magnificent rock cut Buddha – the
> largest in the world
>
>

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/20/art-meets-engineering-the-worlds-largest-buddha

>
> rgds
> vj
>

Vijay,

WOnderful. Awesome structure. My god, think of the means they would
have used to accomplish this. Your photos on ellore were also mind
blowing. Any idea how this buddha statue is promoted in China? I mean
the historic value and the tourist attraction.

Its a sad state that no one gives much importance to places like
Ellora or mallai to the extent it deserves attention. When i visited
Mt.Rushmore in the US with the four presidents face carved on the
rock, I was wondering how the accomplished this. The museum over there
explained that 95% of the work was done using dynamites. bussnu pochi.
I was thinking of the sculptures skill but when I learnt only 5% is
manual work (though I appreciated the precision by which the dynamites
were used) I really felt bad thinking about our structures in India.
Ellora – entirely with chisle and hammer..what a mammmoth task. And do
we really promote our history to the extent it deserves?

Regards,
Satish

Back from the Crocodile’s belly

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/23/back-from-the-crocodiles-belly

In an earlier post we saw how Hanuman came out alive from a
Crocodile’s belly. Now, we are going to see another such feat.

Darasuram has some amazing miniature story board like freezes. One
such depicts the Periapuranam legend of Saint Sundarar, by his
infinite devotion to Lord Shiva, making a crocodile regurgitate a boy.