Sunday Reading task :Visit to an Art Gallery :Ajanta Exhibition -Khodidas Parmar

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      Here is Hinaba Sarvaiya blog This blog is the part of my Sunday Reading task that is given by our Prof.Dilip Barad Sir. 

 This blog is very interesting because I sharing my experience Visit to Khodidas Parmar Art Gallery.      

The enlightenment of the Ajanta Painting Exhibition at Bhavnagar During the 26, sept. I have not able to join physically but lots of thanks to my friends she's helped and I visit exhibition of Ajanta Painting in the live mode and send the beautiful photos. I would like to share my experience. This exhibition open at morning to evening. Everyone was come there like kids, parents,friends, teachers,ect..open us.so many beautiful painting was there. There are many painting like Padmapani, Gautam Buddha, Apasara, Queen, Shyama, Rajkumari Annanta, Indra, God of Tathagat, Siddhartha so many beautiful and wonderful painting was there. Every people see the painting carefully and understand how to say painting ? his /her expression and sharing your idea on other.  Firstly arise the question in my mind. Who is Khodidas Parmar and where is the art gallery. Let's the brief introduction about Khodidas Parmar and Art Gallery.

Khodidas Parmar: - (1930-2004)

           Khodidas Parmar was born on July 31,1930 and was the only son of a poor Karadiya Rajput Family. He was named after the goddess Khodiyar as the family thought of him being a gift from the goddess afer many daughters. Though hailing from a poor family. His parents were detwrmined for him to get a good education. He did his M.A. with Gujrati and Sanskrit, learnt painting even as he studied and went on to. Become a guide to student doing doctoral research on folk literature for their Ph.D. He was trained in art by Guru Somalal Shah from 1948-1951 whom he met at the Alfred high school.

     Fascinated with traditional art, particularly the folk style of Gujarat, Parmar, spent his life last year's documenting and collection motifs for a book on the arts of the region of Kutch and Saurashtra. He also wrote and published several award winning books on the region like the folk Embroidery of Saurashtra, Gujarati folk tales collection and krishna legend, in Gujrati. A recipient of several awards, he has participated in several group shows and his works are a part of several permanent collections like the Museum of Modern Art and National art gallery, new Delhi, Parmar passed away in March 2004 in Bhavnagar.

Khodidas Parmar Art Gallery at Bhavanagar:-

        Kodidas Parmar Art gallery is one of the top and best destinations for family and friends in the field of art museum, Art gallery and art category in Bhavnagar. It is also known as Art museum, art gallery and art category and much more. Khodidas Parmar Art Gallery placed in Sardar Nagar, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364001, and Khodidas Parmar Art Gallery took a good position in the art gallery category in Bhavnagar.

History of Ajanta Cave Painting:-

*  Total 30 caves .

 * Two type of panting : 

1. Mural painting:  a mural is any plece of artwork painted or apptied directly on a wall, ceilling or other permanent surfaces.

2.Fresco painting: method of painting water based pigments on freshly applied plaster usually on wall surfaces.

* Ajanta caves were caved in 4th century AD.

* The common themes of these painting Jataka tale.

* Jataka tales - Describe previous births of Gautam Buddha. 

* Colour used - Black, Brown, Deep Red, red ochre.

* Some connection with the art of gandhara also be noted. 

* Discovered by English officer doring a tiger hunt in 1819.

* The highly acurate  pictorial technique used in Ajanta and the method ofexecution makes these wall paintings unique in the World.

*Accorded UNESCO World Heritage site status in 1983 Century. The ancient name of site is untraceable today. Its current name is derived from a neighbouring village, the local pronunciation of which is Ajantha. It would be of interest to note, that Ajita is the colloquial name of Maitreya Buddha.

     

Copies of the painting: 

Art is the re- shaping reality of by man to represent and understandable way as a artist re creates  the world's around him.  It is shaped by how he sees it ,what is he believed in. In Indian artist did not attempted to depict only the material reality around him. He wish to share to complet experience of the movement. Not Just the photography presentation painted the real beauty reflection of the glory of the God.

The painting have deteriorated significantly since they were rediscovered and a number of 19th century copies and drawing are impotant for a complete understanding of the work. A number of attempts to Copy the Ajanta paintings began in the 19th century for European and japanese museums. Some of these works have later been lost in natual and fire disasters. 

     Now I merge some photos in real Ajanta cave paintings with Khodidas art gallery exhibition painting.

Cave 10 contains a supreme treasure that has only recently been identified : Fragment of the oldest surviving painting of the life of the Buddha and in image of frist sermon at Sarnath. Next to the latter lies a depiction of the legend of udayana a tale of two rival queen, one virtuous and one evil.  Whole paintings show the life of Buddha's.

(Padmapani)

This extraordinary mural painting Survives form early mediaeval india, preserved in the interior of the rock cut Buddhist monastery of Ajanta it provides the earliest visual evidence of elaborate crowns being worm as signifiers of both princely and divine status. The crowns depicted are the antecedents of those used in Buddhist ritual today by the vajracharya priests in Nepal.

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