Comments on: Great escape from a Crocodile’s belly

By: Saurabh Saxena

Saurabh Saxena — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:42:41 +0000

Brilliant and simply amazing work, nice to know about this legend as I was not very much aware of this. These simple simple tales helps a lot in our iconography and identification of stories carved into these stones.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:51:40 +0000

hi virutcham

thanks - our land is the land of epics - n short stories intervined with those epics. not necessarily fm the same author or source but no less entertaining.

anbudan
vj

By: virutcham

virutcham — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:35:07 +0000

I get to hear as well as see many stories thru you.

Good

By: Geetha Sambasivam

Geetha Sambasivam — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:58:15 +0000

ஆஹா, கடைசியில் இந்தக் கதையா அது??? முதல்லேயே தோணலையே? வாழ்த்துகள் விஜய், தேடித் தேடிப் போடும் உங்கள் உழைப்புக்குத் தலை வணங்குகிறேன்.

By: Milton Macedo

Milton Macedo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:41:31 +0000

Thanks a lot for this post

By: nathan

nathan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:30:20 +0000

Hmm. Good post.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:58:25 +0000

Dear Vairam,

Interesting question - does art follow literature or vice versa. I firmly believe that sculpture followed a strict regimen which led through a long apprenticeship - wherein they learnt the scriptures, nature, human anatomy etc etc. This should have happened something during the late pallava period, because the early pallava, pandya ( post 7th C CE) sculptures are true expressions of pure artistic beauty. The later pallava Rajasimha shows some character, legends and repetitive forms coming in. We will see them shortly.

There is another stream of thought based on the legendary varAhamihira’s encylopediaic work - which included among others a kind of guide for representing hindu gods. The dating of this work is unclear and as you rightly pointed out the artist did add his ‘touches’

rgds
vj

By: vairam

vairam — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:28:48 +0000

I have a question…
do these artist follow these myth from any manual or they use any myth randomly…
I am asking this because usually performers in india tend have manual based on which the artist uses their own creativity and make subtle changes to it….