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Photographer  Aungsita  Chatterjee   Aungsita  Chatterjee {Karma:19843}
Project N/A Camera Model CANON POWERSHOT A640
Categories Architecture
Historical
Film Format
Portfolio Lens 7.3-29.2 MM
Uploaded 4/2/2009 Film / Memory Type DIGITAL JPEG
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Critiques 16 Rating
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Location City -  AIHOLE
State -  KARNATAKA
Country - India   India
About Aihole is a temple complex in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. It is a very popular tourist spot in north Karnataka. Aihole is to the east of Pattadakal, along the Malaprabha River, while Badami is to the west of both.
Early inscriptions call this town Ayyavole and Aryapura. Aihole has its own historical significance and is called as cradle of Hindu rock architecture. Many temples and caves of historical importance can be found at Aihole.
Aihole was the first capital of the early Chalukyas. Here they built over 125 temples in various styles and is said to be a laboratory of experiments in rock cut architecture. Pulakesi I, one of the greatest rulers of this dynasty, moved the capital to Badami nearby. Badami was then known as Vatapi. It is from these temples that the Chalukyas gained their experience and went on to build the great temples of Pattadakal. The first phase of temple building in Aihole dates back to the 6th century CE, the second phase up to the 12th century CE. Some temples were even built as early as the 5th century CE.
The famous Chalukya King Pulakeshi II was follower of Jainism. The Shilalekh of Ravikirti in praise of Pulakeshi is still available in Meguti temple, Aihole inscription dated 634 CE, in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script.
Aihole, was the cradle of ancient Hindu temple architecture. It has more than 70 temples. The experimentation with different styles was undertaken by the artisans. The artisans worked on the rocks to create the earliest rock cut shrines. The artisans graduated to the full fledged Chalukya style of architecture.
The early Chalukyas inherited architectural styles largely from their neighbours to the north and south of their kingdom. Usage of curved towers decorated with blind arches came from northern India. Pilastered walls with panel inserts are a southern Indian style. The usage of Deccan style is in their balcony seating, angled eaves and sloping roofs, and elaborately carved columns and ceilings (George Michell,1997). In short, they artistically brought together the prevailing styles in their neighbourhood to create the Chalukya style.
Typical features unique to Badami Chalukyas architecture include mortarless assembly, an emphasis on length rather than width or height, flat roofs, richly carved ceilings, and, sculpturally, an emphasis on relatively few major figures, which tend to be isolated from each other rather than arranged in crowded groups. The aesthetic sensibility of sculpture from this period also seems to retain a certain classical quality whose impulse does not carry over into later periods of Indian art .

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srimanta ray   {K:2710} 4/7/2009
bah.......... bhalo galpor sathhe bhalo chhobi.....

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Wolf Zorrito Wolf Zorrito   {K:78768} 4/5/2009
Thanks for the explanation my dear abt CE !

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Nick Karagiaouroglou Nick Karagiaouroglou   {K:127263} 4/4/2009
The toning and the exposure balance did preserve the sense for history very strongly, Bubai! It could be an image to start a documentary movie about history, as they appear on some BBC broadcasts. The character of stone is real and the textures nicely visible but still there is a sense of remembrance of times that lie in the past of some great civilization. The lighting does a great job for the latter.

The compositon is wellbalanced and has the necessary depth for supporting the sense for the three-dimensionality of the object in real space. It is automatically visible what is near and what is far here. The architectural contours help very much for that as the play also the roles of leading lines.

Very well done.

Cheers!

Nick

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Marian Man Marian Man   {K:80636} 4/3/2009
excellent capture dear Bubai!!!!
great tones!!!! fine about too!!!
bravo
warm hug
Marian

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Solmaz Pahlavanzadeh Solmaz Pahlavanzadeh   {K:5141} 4/3/2009
Great tone dear Bubai.
Regards,
Solmaz

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Alicia Popp   {K:87532} 4/3/2009
Impresionante trozo de historia!
Felicitaciones!!!

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Ania Zielińska-Hoşaf Ania Zielińska-Hoşaf   {K:61374} 4/2/2009
Superb shot, Bubai ^^

Best wishes,
Ania

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Saad Salem Saad Salem   {K:89003} 4/2/2009
a beautiful shot that is so finely titled,
my regards,
Saad.

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Stan  Hill Stan  Hill   {K:35352} 4/2/2009
Nice tones and great about. Very good to understand the history that is around you.
Be well, Stan

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 Aungsita  Chatterjee Aungsita  Chatterjee   {K:19843} 4/2/2009
As we all know that B.C., which stands for "Before Christ," is used to date events before the birth of Jesus. A.D. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase anno Domini, which means "in the year of our Lord," and is used for dates after Jesus's birth. This system of dating has been used for many years by Western archaeologists. Today, however, with a growing understanding that not all archaeologists are Christians, some archaeologists prefer to use the terms: Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) and the Common Era (C.E.), which are exactly the same as B.C. and A.D. but have nothing to do with Christianity.

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stingRay pt.4 . stingRay pt.4 .   {K:250401} 4/2/2009
Beautiful rich sepia tones to show off this wonderful historical structure my sweet Bubai. The information, as usual, is most interesting. The textures and details are wonderful sweetie.
Harry has asked what CE stands for, I assume that this is the equivalent of the Christian BC and AD, is it a Hindu measurement of years?
A great big HUUUUUUUG and as always my very best wishes for you.......Ray

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Malules Fernandez Malules Fernandez   {K:54810} 4/2/2009
Great work, Bubai.
interesting about!
hugs,
malules

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Supriyo R. Sarkar Supriyo R. Sarkar   {K:7582} 4/2/2009
khub bhalo tulecho. darun color tone kintu aakas ta ektu besi sada hoye geche.

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Srna Stankovic Srna Stankovic   {K:172232} 4/2/2009
Very fine Bubai ... thanks for sharing !
Hugs,
Srna

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Wolf Zorrito Wolf Zorrito   {K:78768} 4/2/2009
Lovely dear, what is CE ?
Many chumu for you
harry

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unni krishnan unni krishnan   {K:784} 4/2/2009
good one lovely tone and description

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