Nidhi Jethava : Sunday Reading Task : Ajanta caves

Tuesday 28 September 2021

Sunday Reading Task : Ajanta caves

Hello Dear Readers!

I am Nidhi Jethava and I am a student of Mk Bhavnagar University department of English. This blog is the Sunday reading task. We have to write a blog on one art gallery visit at Bhavnagar. Some of our friends were going for a visit and they shared the experience and photos of gallery visit ‘Ajanta Art Gallery at Bhavnagar.

About Ajanta Caves :

The Ajanta caves are engulfed in darkness. In fact, this lack of light is crucial to the experience at Ajanta; demanding the viewer’s time while intensifying a sense of the mysterious. There may have been dim artificial lighting created by oil lamps in the past. However, even today, the majority of the caves remain almost completely dark and without the help of artificial lighting, the caves remain in their original state.

The caves at Ajanta date from the second century B.C.E. to 650 C.E. and were cut into the mountainside in two distinct phases. Discovered by chance in 1819 by British soldiers on a hunt, the Ajanta Caves have become an icon of ancient Indian art, and have influenced subsequent artists and styles. The caves at the site are not numbered chronologically. Instead, their numbering is based on location, beginning with cave 1 on the north side of the horseshoe. All of the caves at Ajanta fall into the category of Vihara (monasteries with residence halls), or Chaitya-grihas (sanctuaries/stupa monument halls). Nevertheless, each cave has its own unique characteristics, making it difficult to write about Ajanta as a whole.

So these are some of the fascinating advertisements. Barad sir informed us to visit the art gallery. Some of the students won’t be able to join live or physically so we have seen all arts galleries virtual.

So here I will give you some of the information about the art gallery. It was at Khodidas Art gallery. So with the help of an advertisement image we can assume that it's a marvelous experience of the people.

So, let’s see some of the pictures :