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Old 12-04-2009, 06:05 PM
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Smile Stone carving @ Mahabalipuram, India
Last Sunday I had a nice bike trip with my roommates to Mahabalipuram, India which is well known for stone carving sculptures from 7th century...

Tiger cave...


Gods, angels, priests and animals... come on count them.....




top portion of the one of the chariot of pancha paandavas...


FYI,
All of the above sculptures are single stone sculptures!

For more info about Mahabalipuram, Mahabalipuram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Old 12-04-2009, 06:10 PM
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These are awesome. Certainly would have taken them a while to do. Think the first one would make a great house... TFS.
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Ah. I wish I was in Chennai this christmas, but I'll be in San Diego instead. But I'll be there next August. It'll be amazing
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beautiful carvings.think most of them are made from a single stone. thanks for sharing
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Old 12-05-2009, 01:52 PM
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These are awesome. Certainly would have taken them a while to do. Think the first one would make a great house... TFS.
yes you are true. Thank you
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Ah. I wish I was in Chennai this christmas, but I'll be in San Diego instead. But I'll be there next August. It'll be amazing
ohhh!!!! Visit this place when you come India. I am sure you will love it
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beautiful carvings.think most of them are made from a single stone. thanks for sharing
yes. Thanks...

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Old 12-05-2009, 01:57 PM
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Pretty amazing! I truly love the elephant, and the way you've filled the frame with him. You've communicated such a wonderful sense of his majesty and simplicity. Thanks, Raveen!
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Pretty amazing! I truly love the elephant, and the way you've filled the frame with him. You've communicated such a wonderful sense of his majesty and simplicity. Thanks, Raveen!
Thanks a lot Helen... I had to wait for a while to get it alone. Am glad that you like it
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Hey Raveen...This is a beautiful set...Love the way you captured the architecture..
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Hey Raveen...This is a beautiful set...Love the way you captured the architecture..
Thanks Vimal
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These are amazing Raveen! Wonderfully Photographed as well! Just think of the time it must have taken to create these wonderful works of historic art, and how long they have endured.
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