மகேந்திரவர்மரின் கலைத்தாகம் உண்டவல்லியில் துவங்கியதா ? குறித்த மறுமொழிகள்

lakshmi இவரால்

lakshmi — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:20:17 +0000

after seeing one of the caves, I get to understand the significance much more..hoping to see more of them now

ramalingam இவரால்

ramalingam — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:26:52 +0000

நான் சமீபத்தில் செங்கல் பட்டு அருகில் வல்லம் குகைக்கு சென்று வந்தேன் அந்த பகுதி மக்களுக்கே அதை பற்றிய செய்திகள் தெரிய வில்லை என்பது வருந்த தக்கது அதுவே ஒரு சிவன் அல்லது பெருமாள் கோவில் என்று அதற்கு தல வரலாறும் வெளி இட்டு இருந்தால் மக்கள் அதிகம் வருவார்கள் பக்தி சுற்றுலா தலம் ஆகி இருக்கும் .

Geetha Sambasivam இவரால்

Geetha Sambasivam — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:05:24 +0000

முதல் முறையாக் கேள்விப் படறேன் உண்டவில்லி குகைகள் பற்றி. நன்றி, தகவலுக்கும், மிக அரிய பொக்கிஷங்களை வெளிக் கொண்டு வருவதற்கும்.

Venkatesh இவரால்

Venkatesh — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:35:00 +0000

Wow Vijay,

Are the photos that you have scanned from Mr Mohammed Tajuddin. I mean the ones on Undavalli Caves or have you been there too.

And does this mean that “Cave Temple Technology” pre-dates Pallavas? If yes, we see that Pandyas precede Pallavas in Tamizh Nadu for the “Cave Temple Technology”. So… is there a connection between the Pandyas and Vishnukundins? I ask this as, it seems that the timing is the same.

ரொம்ப யோசிக்கறேனோ??????? :-)

Kathie B. இவரால்

Kathie B. — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:39:19 +0000

Can’t wait to see the Bhairavakonda carvings.
Undavalli sculpture is very high quality as are the two dvarapalakas from Vijayawada, across the Krishna., now in Govt. Mus. Chennai.
Very early stuff. In the Und. main cave the VamanaLila panels on pillars had been silvered — ugh! Hope they’re cleaned off now.

Satish Kumar A இவரால்

Satish Kumar A — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:12:52 +0000

Wonderful Post. A very good comparison. Thanks for bringing such things to light. You work is awesome.

Satish

Dhivakar இவரால்

Dhivakar — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:28:09 +0000

Vijay,
There are somemore cave temples at centre point of Vijayawada city called Mogalrajapuram.This cave sculptures also first excavated during 5th century. But now only Nataraja and Arthanareeswara and Vinayaga (?) but these sculptures though the historians claim also belong to 5th century, but i doubt. May be little later period. may be 9th or 10th century.

And one more thing that jains were the main sculptors of cave temples in the early part of century. Still Kandagiri in Bhubaneswar has got similar type (or even bigger) undavalli caves but almost all sculptures in the rock got damaged due to natural calamities. And the reason to believe strongly about this period of cave belong to first century, they have also sculptured an interesting inscriptions mentioned the period.

In a recent visit, I took copy of all inscriptions, though ASI already registered those. And revealing informations that Kharavela defeated Chola at Tamil country.

Your beautiful post refreshed me lot. (I have visited this undavalli many many times. Thanks for this particular post.

Dhivakar

Vamsee இவரால்

Vamsee — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:58:40 +0000

Your enthusiasm for sculptures amazes me. The fact that you take so much time to review, understand and interpret these sculptures while having a full time job is very commendable. I don’t usually leave comments on your blog because it is too esoteric for me….but I am amazed at your work.

Chandrasekaran இவரால்

Chandrasekaran — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:09:33 +0000

If we roam around within Tamilnadu, we are scorned by our home members, now Vijay, is this fair,that you are now pulling us out of Tamilnadu, into Andhra???