Thursday, February 26, 2009

Aurangabad 3

inside one of the Jain prayer halls...
A beautiful story of the evolution of man. The lowest carving represents war and destruction--the first stage of humanity. The second from the bottom depicts education. The third is a God, representing inclinations to worship, and the top carving is love and union between man and woman--the highest evolved state of humanity.
This shows you how deep the cave was--and I think I'm only taking this picture from the second level

Spectacular how the carvings seem to slowly melt into the cave floor

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