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Architect: Raja Raja Perunthachan & Raja Raja Cholan Architectural style: Dravidian architecture Thanjavur Temple Built On: 1010 AD Thanjavur Temple Festivals: Chithirai Brahmotsavam, Shivaratri Function, Sadhaya Vizha Distance From Trichy: 55 Kms (1 hour Travel Time) Nearest Airport: Trichy UNLISTED WONDER OF THE WORLD: The Thanjavur Big Temple or Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Temple, is one of the unsung world wonders with many unknown architectural secrets that still keeps the people excited after 1000 years. There are boundless wonders inside the Thanjavur Temple, which will definitely realign the list of world wonders in the upcoming days. It is one of the most attractive tourist places in Tamil Nadu which makes people from other countries know about the Chola Kingdom and their advanced architectural mind. The most surprising factor is that the shadow of the vimana or kalasam of the Thanjavur temple will not fall on the ground. It is still a mystery for the researchers how the shad...

Amrita Shergill Biography: 1. Country : India 2. Dates : Born 1913, Budapest,Hungary She died in 1941,Lahore[present day Pakistan] 3. Lives and works : 4. Education : 1929 The Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris(Tutee of P.Vaillant) 1929 Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts(Tutee of Luican Simon) 1924 School of Santa Annunciata, Florence

Raja Ravi Varma History                 Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was a celebrated Malayali Indian painter and artist. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art for a number of aesthetic and broader social reasons.                   Firstly, his works are held to be among the best examples of the fusion of European techniques with a purely Indian sensibility. While continuing the tradition and aesthetics of Indian art, his paintings employed the latest European academic art techniques of the day.                 Secondly, he was notable for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public, which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. Indeed, his lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defined artistic tastes amo...

After the decline of the powerful ruling dynasties in different parts of India, there were hardly any patrons to support a large scale project of art during 12th Century A.D. except few constructions of temples in Rajasthan, Bengal and Orissa.  It was mainly restricted to building forts and Maqbaras by the Muslim rulers who did not patronise sculptural art, but this period enriched Indian art with treasure of illustrated manuscripts.  The manuscripts of this period belonged to different religious sects like Hindus, Jains and Buddhists . The main centres of these illustrated manuscripts (Punthis) were in Bengal, Gujarat and Bihar.   The manuscripts were made in Bengal and Bihar under the patronage of Pala dynasty and it shows a distinct style called “ Pala style ”.  On the other hand Jain religious manuscripts were written and illustrated in Gujarat. These “ Punthis ” or manuscripts are done on palm leaf.  The scripts are written in beautiful calligraph...

SURASUNDARI FROM KONARKA  Title : Surasundari from Konarka Medium : Stone Date : Ganga Dynasty (12th century AD)  Finding Site : Konarka, Orissa Size : Little more than life size  Artist : Unknown GENERAL DESCRIPTION  The Sun Temple at Konarka , one of the best of great Orissan architectures was built by King Narsimhadeva I of the Ganga dynasty in the eastern coast of India near Puri in Orissa .  The period saw a different type of sculptural development. The temple is famous for its gigantic structure and larger than life size sculptures.  The larger images, usually of black stone have a little bit of affinity with later Bengal style of the Pala period . The modelling is tight and the face is broad with smile.  The works are robust and have loose plasticity. The sculpture of the temple increases beauty and aesthetic value of the temple.  The large Sun image and the female musician figures present a different kind of quality in this ...

KRISHNA SUPPORTING MOUNT GOVARDHANA Title : Krishna Supporting Mount Govardhana Medium : Stone Date : Hoysala Period Finding Site : Belur Size : 3 ft Artist : Unknown GENERAL DESCRIPTION Temple architectures were one of the important activities during Hoysala period. Besides the elaborate temple architectures, each temple of this period was decorated with sculptures , which formed an intrinsic part of the architecture.  The Hoysala style is named after one of the famous dynasties of the Deccan , which emerged around the middle of the eleventh century and is generally considered to have come to an end in the mid fourteenth century.  The capital of the Hoysala kings was Dvarasamudra , the modern Halebi d. Hoysala style is unique in its own way and is highly characterized. The earliest major Hoysala temples are at Belur .  Hoysala sculptures show deep carving and undercutting, soft rhythms of the body contours , delicate and intric...

Title : Arjuna’s Penance or Gangavatarana Medium : Stone Date : Pallava Period (7th century AD) Finding Site : Mamallapuram (Chennai) Size : 91 ft X 152 ft (Approx) Artist : Unknown GENERAL DESCRIPTION The monuments of the Pallavas consist of cave temples and structural temples, plus a few monolithic structures.  One of the most important sculptural works of this period is from Mamallapuram . The relief is on two huge boulders.   The sculpture is uneven but very distinct and spontaneous in representation. There is a flow in the whole composition. There is a crowd of life–size human and animal figures.   They include gods , demi - gods, and sages, all in the flying position . There is a cleft in between the two boulders . All the figures are shown facing the cleft. Though there are lots of movements and energy on the upper part of the relief, in the lower part of the composition the life shown almost calms down.  The ascetic figures in the crowd have been sho...