Sculpture
Some of India's greatest art was carved, not painted. This section looks closely at sculpture: the stone figures of Khajuraho and Konark, the serene bronzes of the Chola workshops (the dancing Shiva chief among them), the rock-cut giants of Elephanta, the Buddhist stupas of Sanchi. Much of it began as devotion and survives as art. A small, growing corner of the site for anyone who wants to see how Indians turned stone and metal into gods.
The Cosmic Geometry Behind the Sun Temple Wheels of Konark
The wheels of the Konark Sun Temple are not decorations applied to a building. They are the building's central argument....
The Elephanta Trimurti and the Three Faces of an Infinite God
The wheels of the Konark Sun Temple are not decorations applied to a building. They are the building's central argument....
The Nalanda Bronzes and the Buddhist Empire of the Pala Kings
The bronzes of Nalanda were not made for museums. They were made for monasteries filled with chanting monks, for shrines...
How the Kailasa Temple Was Carved From a Single Mountain
The Kailasa temple at Ellora was not built. It was removed. Over several decades in the 8th century CE, the...
The Day Sculpture came down from the Pedestal
For centuries, Indian sculpture meant divine idols carved in stone or cast in bronze. Then came a generation that decided...
The temples that were dug, not built
Explore the Khajuraho Temples, the zenith of Nagara architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Often misunderstood for their erotic...
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