Only the pristine experiences in life matter. Untouched and unspoiled.
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Thursday 28 April 2016
Thoughts of April 29 2016
Life is all about a goal, goals rather. If you don't have it..you ain't livin my dear.
Saturday 26 March 2016
Bhimbetka and Bhojpur
Bhimbetka
I took this trip when i was in bhopal on 22 December 2015. I was in Bhopal for my Army 'NCC-39 SSB' interview, with the SSB experience not ending good, disgusted, i made my way to Bhopal railway station on 21st, finally ending up at Hotel SAMRAT closeby by the evening.
This was my third visit to Bhopal, i had planned in advance that i would be going to Bhimbetka, no matter what.
So,
On the morning of 22 December, i took a bus for Obdullahganj at 07:25 AM, the bus making its way in the city reached the Main bus stand of Bhopal at 8:10 and by 8:22 at Hoshangabad Naka.(I had to be back by 1 PM; had train at 2:30 PM for New Delhi)
Seeing the slow pace of the bus, i got off and booked a cab.
We made our way through NH12 and reached Obdullahganj by 09:10 ; went straight 6 Kms on NH-69; and finally there was a right turn to towards Bhimbetka.
We ventured 2-3 Kms, the entry gate showed up. Entrance fee is Rs 50 per head; And i had to pay for my cabbie as well.
When i reached Bhimbetka, there was nobody there, only one security guard and our cab.
The security guard offered his service as a guide. I happily agreed.
And my tour began
The entrance path leads to 3 imposing rocks; on the sides of the path are wild bushes; there are also 2-3 information panels; some of which is torn off.
I spent an hour or so at the site feeling awed at how humans would have lived here for centuries and centuries and how they went about there cognitive development. I believe such experiences and learnings are bound to make a person more respectful for humanity and how we have developed our race since thousands of centuries. After roaming in the caves, I went to a temple located at the end of the road 500 mts ahead.
A visit to Bhimbetka is akin to being transported into the past, while gathering wonderful insights into the psyche and actions of the man that inhabited these caves thousands of years ago.
Rock Shelter-3
This Known as the Auditorium Cave;
25 mts in length. The whole cave gallery resembles a cross, where in the center there is the Chief's Rock with a cavernous high ceiling chamber with three passageway exits.
In this cave archeologists found 11 Cupules ( cup shaped hollows ); petroglyphs. Nine cupules (cup-shape hollows) were first discovered in a large vertical boulder face above ground level. The other two were buried underground.
The petroglyphs were found in the early 1990's by V. S. Wakankar, Robert G Bednarik , Kumar G and Tyagi GS. The cupules are the oldest form of Rock-art in the world dating to lower paleolitic age.
These petroglyphs were created on heavily recrystallized, very hard quartzite that was extensively
mined during the Lower Palaeolithic.
I took this trip when i was in bhopal on 22 December 2015. I was in Bhopal for my Army 'NCC-39 SSB' interview, with the SSB experience not ending good, disgusted, i made my way to Bhopal railway station on 21st, finally ending up at Hotel SAMRAT closeby by the evening.
This was my third visit to Bhopal, i had planned in advance that i would be going to Bhimbetka, no matter what.
So,
On the morning of 22 December, i took a bus for Obdullahganj at 07:25 AM, the bus making its way in the city reached the Main bus stand of Bhopal at 8:10 and by 8:22 at Hoshangabad Naka.(I had to be back by 1 PM; had train at 2:30 PM for New Delhi)
Seeing the slow pace of the bus, i got off and booked a cab.
We made our way through NH12 and reached Obdullahganj by 09:10 ; went straight 6 Kms on NH-69; and finally there was a right turn to towards Bhimbetka.
We ventured 2-3 Kms, the entry gate showed up. Entrance fee is Rs 50 per head; And i had to pay for my cabbie as well.
When i reached Bhimbetka, there was nobody there, only one security guard and our cab.
The security guard offered his service as a guide. I happily agreed.
And my tour began
The entrance path leads to 3 imposing rocks; on the sides of the path are wild bushes; there are also 2-3 information panels; some of which is torn off.
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| The Entrance (dated - 22 December 2015) |
I spent an hour or so at the site feeling awed at how humans would have lived here for centuries and centuries and how they went about there cognitive development. I believe such experiences and learnings are bound to make a person more respectful for humanity and how we have developed our race since thousands of centuries. After roaming in the caves, I went to a temple located at the end of the road 500 mts ahead.
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Something about Bhimbetka -
Located 46 Kms from Bhopal. The caves were declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 2003. This is the 22nd world heritage site declared by UNESCO in India.
There are 21 villages adjacent to the site.
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| Rock Shelter -1 |
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| Rock-Shelter - 2 |
The Rock shelters have been preserved by the dense forest and vegetation all around the area, as the site is located inside the Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary. Therefore protected from the vagaries of nature. Though some of the paintings have disappeared cause of rain water and patina.
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| Rock Shelter - 3 (Auditoruim Cave) (The statue is just a depiction of how early man would have drawn paintings in the caves) |
25 mts in length. The whole cave gallery resembles a cross, where in the center there is the Chief's Rock with a cavernous high ceiling chamber with three passageway exits.
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| Rock Shelter - 3 (Auditoruim Cave) (The Chief's Rock) |
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| Paintings in Rock Shelter - 3 (on left - palm impression of a Mesolithic Period Child, on right - animals ) |
These petroglyphs were created on heavily recrystallized, very hard quartzite that was extensively
mined during the Lower Palaeolithic.
Micro-erosion test confirmed that the eleven petroglyphs in Bhimbetka were created during the same time.
Middle paleolithic - 300,000 - 50,000 years BP( before present)
Lower Paleolithic - 3,400,000 - 300,000 years BP
The cupules at Bhimbetka have been assigned a minimum age of 290,000 years (middle paleolithic) and maybe as old as 700,000 years old (lower paleolithic).
The actual term "cupule" was invented 'y the world-famous archeologist Robert G. Bednarik (Australian)
Nobody knows what these cupules mean or why similar indentations have been found in all continents of the world; except Antartica.
The Cupules are oldest cultural phenomenon, found throughout the prehistoric world, the cupule remains one of the least understood types of rock art.
Archaic Homo sapiens species created the Bhimbetka petroglyphs and cupules in the Auditorium cave situated at Bhimbetka in India, and at Daraki-Chattan, Near Bhampura, Madhya Pradesh, India. These cupules are the oldest art on earth.
A total of 560 cupules were found in Daraki Chattan.
Dr Giriraj Kumar found the petroglyphs(Cupules) at Daraki Chattan, Near Bhanpura, Madhya Pradesh in 1996.
For More on Cupules -
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/oldest-art-top-50.htm
http://findingrockart.org/pdf/cupules.pdf
Saturday 12 December 2015
Thursday 19 February 2015
Thoughts on Feb 20 2015
It's never the situation . ; its always and always has been the reaction to the situation.
You see no two persons have the same reaction to a situation.
We all have something different that we tasted in our lives that impacts our perception at things.
It's this insight in our lives that makes us different and who we are.
You see no two persons have the same reaction to a situation.
We all have something different that we tasted in our lives that impacts our perception at things.
It's this insight in our lives that makes us different and who we are.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Thoughts for 15 Jan 2015
Life is what you make out of it. It's simple ,yet very easy to complicate.
Every thought ; Idea ; Word ; Action ; has a direct reflection on your future.
Every thought ; Idea ; Word ; Action ; has a direct reflection on your future.
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