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8 Responses to “Wall sculptures”

1. 1 Veena April 17, 2007 at 5:16 pm

   cool picture!
   Mahabalipuram seems to be a good place for a 3 day visit.
   actually dhaari or dhara is used to a person who has owned it or worn it.
   For eg., Gaja charmabhara, just a thought! ashTe…

   krishna has lifted the giri(beTTa) so giridhaari is a right combo I am not too sure, but ya.. Giridhar is a name used in hindu mythology..

2. 2 gmohanprakash April 18, 2007 at 4:09 am

   Cool post man, may the god bless you again

3. 3 Prashanth M April 18, 2007 at 6:10 am

   Nice shots, Bach

4. 4 destinationsrik April 18, 2007 at 6:59 am

   The story goes something like this :

   In Nandagrama/Gokula(Nandagopa is the name of head of the village who played surrogate father for Krishna), people resorted to agriculture after Balarama(elder brother of Krishna) and Krishna were involved in it.

   You may observe Balarama is pictured always with a plough(hal/negilu) and Krishna with cattle(gomatha).

   For agriculture the gramvasis solely depended on the rain gods to shower from heaven. So, to please Indra(the rain god), they would perform Indra-havan every year.
   One fine day people getting ready for the havan(yagna) dutifully, Krishna, observing that Indra had not showered rains the last year, asked his father, Nanda Gopa not to perform havan, and he strongly commended that its Indra’s duty to give us good rains if we perform our duties peacefully… Thus the villagers stopped the preperations for yagna.
   Angered by these happenings, Indra showered from heavens the rains that brought about a severe floods in the region. All started blaming Krishna for his un mature thoughts and cattle were being the severely hit by this stupid act of Indra.

   Krishna asked them all to keep peace and he lifts Govardhana giri with his left hand’s little finger, with ease. This govardhana giri acts as an umbrella for the whole village, villagers and cattle.
   Indra could do no more harm to these people as Krishna was on their side and surrenders to Krishna finally.

   Since then, Govardhana giri is a symbol of grit and truthfulness. All Krishna indicates with this act is if one is dutiful and truthful in his deeds, he need not be afraid of any person, even if the person in consideration is powerful!!

   Thanks Bach for the wonderful pictures.

5. 5 destinationsrik April 18, 2007 at 7:24 am

   And in the story above, by duties, Krishna meant, feeding teh children, old people and cattle. He was of the opinion that first comes duties towards these things and next is the duty of thanking Gods/worshipping. That is depicted so well in this story.

6. 6 destinationsrik April 18, 2007 at 7:32 am

   And an update :
   Indra surrendered to Krishna and suggested that people worship Govardhana giri instead of Indra himself, because it provided them with protection from invasions.

   Govardhan giri is believed to be located in Vraj area in Gujrat, till date

7. 7 bachodi April 19, 2007 at 1:40 am

   @Veenaji,
   small correction. I ll put it as “Mahabalipuram seems to be a good place for a 1 day visit three times”. And yes srikant gave all explanation about the name.

   @mohan,
   thank you and thank him.

   @prashanth
   Thankn you sire.

   @srikant
   That’s wonderful information. I have read/heard all of these, but forgot. Thank you very much for the stories. So I dint make any mistake recognizing the sculptures. .eh.

8. 8 pax. April 24, 2008 at 10:51 am

   Thanks for the information!!! I went there, but without guide so I just imagine what could be each scene.
   Now I know for sure!

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