Last weekend 25th and 26th September organised exibition by Khodidas art Gallery painting on Ajanta caves.so,many people visit the art exhibition and enjoy it . It's so lovely and artistic experience.
Khodidas Parmar :
Khodidas Parmar was born on July 31,1930 and was the only son of poor karadiya Rajput family . Though hailing from a poor family, his parents were determined for him to get a good education. He did his M.A. with Gujarati and Sanskrit, learn painting even as he studied and went on to become a guide to students doing doctoral research on folk literature for their Ph.D He was trained in art by Guru Somalal Shah from 1948-1951 whom he met at the Alfred high school.
Specially Shri Khodidas Parmar an aspiring artist and talented writer who admired our traditional of folk culture and folk art.
"Yoga : Karmasu Kushakam ' means skill in work is the same yoga'.
Calling himself a local painter, this painter painted figurative depiction of motifs of the type.Not only picture,but on these various topics he brought out books with wonderful spellings and made art and literature fun.
Khodidasji's honour of bringing art sculpture from Saurashtra's coastal regions, Girjangal rivers,Sorath,Ghade,Nagher, Jhalawar,Khumma etc.
"A painting is worth a thousand confused art gallery visitors".
"Art history is less explosive than the rest of history , so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time".
Ajanta Caves:
The Ajanta caves are 29 in number and were built between the 2nd century BC and 6th century AD.
Ellora caves:
Hindu temple caves complexes in the world , featuring Hinduism in particular and few Buddhist and Jain monuments with Artwork dating from the 600-1000 CE period.
About caves:
There are 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalf cliff in.The Charandri hills,34 of which are open to public. These consist of 17 Hindu,12 Buddhist and 5 Jain caves each group representing deities and mythologies prevalent in the 1st millennium CE,as well as monasteries of each respective religion.They were built close to one another and illustrate the religious harmony that existed in ancient India.
Fact about Ajanta:
The Ajanta caves have five chaityas which are basically with residents.
Caves 8, 9 10 12 13, and some bits of 15 are early Buddhist caves.
The caves were first discovered in 1819 when John Smith a British offical accidentally stumbled upon the horse-shoe shaped rock while hunting a tiger
After studying the artefacts it was concluded by historian and archaeologists that these caves had a connection with the vakataka dynasty
20 caves were built during the Vakataka dynasty, during the regin of Harisena, and at the end of his reign, these caves were abandoned.
Inside the caves you can see paintings depicting the life of Gautam Buddha and also stories from Jataka Tales.
Image with description:
1.Padmapani.
The painting in the Ajanta caves predominantly narrate the Jataka Tales .These are Buddhist legends describing the previous birth of the Budhha.cave number 1. Padmapani.
.King Janka:
This is a painting of King Janaka of videha sitting in the palace with his wife He is seen to be talking to her and discussing why he wants to renounce his worldly life, live a life of solitude and lead to salvation.
3.The painting of Persian Ambassador:
A ceiling painting in cave number 1 of Ajanta caves, this one doesn't talk about any particular religious story but is a general decorative motif that explains the importance of Persian culture in ancient India.The painting portrays a white skinned Persian Ambassador surrounded by dark - skinned native people.
Video Ajanta caves.
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