Here's more on the awesome sculptural aspect of Rani ki Vav. In those several levels of pavilions are fabulous sculptures. They depicted several genres from Gods, Goddesses, stories of Puranas, apsaras, adityas etc.
One genre was of Dasavathara i.e., the 10 re-incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Here are 8. I guess I missed spotting Matsya, Kurma and Narasimha!
Shiva Bhairava
Varaha
Vamana
Balarama
Parasurama
Buddha
Rama
Kalki
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the northern style of sculptures is so different to our south indian styles isnt it? ...i was checking through your pics and i could see so many differences in body shapes, physiques and facial features as compared to a typical dasavatar in any of our local temples
ReplyDeleteVery true. The northern and southern Indian temple architechture is so different. And then there's a kinda mix of the 2 in the central part of India!
DeleteMagnificent !
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteLovely sculptures!
ReplyDeletethanks Niranjan! :)
DeleteKurma is Shiva Bhairava / Parashurama is Balarama [plow] / Rama is Parasurama [axe] / Balarama is Rama [bow].
ReplyDeleteDone! Thanks for the correction Injamaven.
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