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13th century bas-relief of Griffin .Picardy,France.75

GRIFFINS TRAVEL TO TERRA COTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL

When we took photographs of the terracotta panels of Shyam-Rai and Jor-Bangla temples of Bishnupur during our visit there in December,2007, certain panels with depictions of animals ( real and imaginary) and ...

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The Ghent Altarpiece - Front77

The Van Eyck Cryptogram

According to the Dutch scholar and artist Peter Voorn, the famous Ghent Altarpiece - also known as the Mystic Lamb - painted by Flemish Primitives Jan and Hubert Van Eyck is filled with crypto-iconography...

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Scene before Krisna and Balarama leave for Mathura.Gopi (extreme left) entreats Krisna to stay back.On his right ,stands Balarama... he is identifiable by the 'hala',the plough he carries.65

TERRACOTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL-II

When Amit Guha ,my friend from London wrote to me a few days ago enquiring about what I am doing with all the photographs I brought from my Hooghly and Bishnupur visits , I thought of returnibg to HUBPAGES...

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  Prof.Hampa Nagarajaiah, recent photograph-200664

Hampana-A versatile scholor in Kannada language and Jainology

Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah,Emiritis professor,is an internationally famed scholor in jainology.Now in his seventy fourth year,(born on 7-10-1936)he has written more than 75 books(more than his own age)Out of...

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