Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Rock painting of Singhanpur caves in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is very rich in rock paintings ranging in age from Mesolithic to Historical period, some of the rock paintings date back even to prehistoric period. Many of the rock paintings throw interesting light on the life ways and art of Early Man.

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By far the most prolific rock art sites in the state of Chhattisgarh are located in the district of Raigarh at Singhanpur,

"The first discovery of rock art in Chhattisgarh was made in 1910 by C.W. Anderson, an engineer in the Bengal/Nagpur Railways, ably assisted by C.J. Wellington (from 1910 to 1913). Mention of such work, especially at Singhanpur in Raigarh Dist., was made in 1918 (Anderson, 1918) and subsequently in a few publications. It was followed by the works of P. Brown (1923 a, b; 1953), A.N. Dutta (1927), M. Ghosh (1932), L.P. Pandey (1933), D.H. Gordon (1939), J.P. Gupta (1960, 1967), P. Mitra (1961) and S.K Pandey, (1969) and V.S. Wakankar (1973), adding considerably to our knowledge about rock art in this area. However, no serious work has been undertaken on this subject in Chhattisgarh during the last two decades in the light of new techniques of study that have become available in recent years." 
http://www.cgculture.in/
http://www.cgculture.in/ARCHAEOLOGY/Rock%20Art%20Site%20In%20Chhattisgarh.htm

Singhanpur is situated 20 kms. away from Raigarh and has the distinction of hosting the oldest scupltures on earth. These sculptures are claimed to have been created in 30000 B.C. and look very similar to Mexican and Spanish sculptures.

Coordinates 21°59'14"N   83°15'28"E
http://wikimapia.org/13583821/Singhanpur-Caves

Trip of this hilly terrain and trekking to find these caves could be worth the trouble as seeing this 30,000 years old painting is rewarding in itself.
http://www.indiamike.com/india/chhattisgarh-f148/trip-report-to-singhanpur-caves-raigarh-t179119/

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Extra-terrestrial, UFOs and Aliens in rock paintings of Chhattisgarh

Rock painting is an ancient art form. They are mysterious and unexplained, when they depict extra-terrestrials, aliens and UFOs.

Well, this is not something new as such cave paintings have been found all over the world, as the French cave of Pech Merle which are about 20,000 years old; 5,000 years old paintings by native Aborigines in Kimberley, Australia and petroglyphs discovered in Utah in the Barrier Canyon and many ancient pyramids built by different civilizations have the same depiction of structure of any aliens visited or imaginations/fancy by the ancient with mythical stories left behind !!

People of prehistoric times either have imagined or have seen or have come in contact with; shall remain a point of research as it is hard to establish the fact. Interesting is the fact that natural colors have hardly faded since thousands of years,

Recently (Times of India/July 15th, 2014) such was a report on 10,000-year-old rock paintings depicting aliens and UFOs in Charama region in Kanker district in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, located about 130km from Raipur, the caves come under village Chandeli and Gotitola.

"The findings suggest that humans in prehistoric times may have seen or imagined beings from other planets which still create curiosity among people and researchers. Extensive research is needed for further findings. Chhattisgarh presently doesn't have any such expert who could give clarity on the subject," archaeologist JR Bhagat told TOI. (TOI photo by Amit Bhardwaj thankfully shared from TOI link dated 15th July, 2014 publication)