VERUL LENYATEEL SHILPAVAIBHAV (Marathi)

THE BOOK `VERUL LENYATIL SHILP VAIBHAV` IS BASED ON THE RESEARCH WORK ON THE SCULPTURES OF ELLORA. THE MAGNIFICENT GROUP OF ROCK CUT CAVES OR THE ROCK TEMPLES AT ELLORA REPRESENT THREE DIFFERENT FAITHS. BUDDHISIM, HINDUISM AND JAINISM. IT MARKS THE FINAL STAGE OF CULMINATIONAL ROCK TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE, IN WESTERN INDIA. BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST MONUMENTS OF THE WORLD ELLORA FIGURES IN THE LIST OF THE MONUMENTS OF HUMAN HERITAGE. THE ELLORA CAVES NESTLE IN THE LAP OF THE CHARANADRI HILLS, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF THE WESTERN HILLS FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS SAHYADRI, AND ARE SITUATED 26 K.M. AWAY FROM THE FAMOUS HISTORICAL CITY AURANGABAD. THESE CAVES ARE SPREAD IN AND AROUND 2 K.M. OF DISTANCE. THESE ROCK CUT CAVES REPRESENT THREE RELIGIOUS SEATS AND WERE CHIEFLY PATRONIZED BY CHALUKYA AND RASHTRAKUTA RULARS. OUT OF MANY CAVES, 34 CAVES ARE NUMBERED AND ARE DIVIDED IN THE THREE GROUPS, BUDDHIST, HINDU AND JAINS. AT ELLORA, THE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT EXCAVATORY ACTIVITIES WERE CARRIED OUT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTH CENTURY TO THE END OF TENTH CENTURY. THE HISTORICAL BACK GROUND, AND THE CULTURAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE SCULPTURES IN ALL THREE GROUPS OF CAVES AT ELLORA HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK. ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAVE ARCHITECTURE AS WELL AS THE DETAILS AT THE ICONOGRAPHIC IMPORTANCE OF THE SCULPTURES HAS BEEN DESCRIBED ELABORATELY IN ALL THE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK. A MARATHI READER CAN HAVE A PERFECT IDEA ABOUT THE CAVE’S ARCHITECTURE AS WELL AS THE SCULPTURE IN THE CAVES.