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Tag: Sculpture
A Wood Line out in the Eucalyptus Woods
Andy Goldworthy’s Wood Line is an unconventional sculpture in a Eucalyptus Grove in the Presidio of San Francisco. Come, see it>>
Chihuly’s Mind-blowing Blown Glass Art
Visiting Chihuly’s Garden and Glass and seeing the creativity in the blown-glass sculpture there, blew my mind. It might blow yours too. Incredible!
Belur’s beautiful bracket belles
Chennakesava Temple in Belur is known for its friezes, its pillars and stone lattices. Even the star-shaped platform on which it stands, a feature of its style of architecture. People who…
A sculptural banquet in Belur; Hoysala style
Not far from Halebidu — the capital city of the Hoysalas — is a symbol of the dynasty’s victory over the Cholas in the battle of Talakkad in 1116AD. This…
A signature of the Hoysala dynasty
Karnataka tells the tales of its rich past between the 12th and 15th centuries through some highly ornate temples that have ‘Hoysala’ writ all over them. When the Hoysala rulers…
600-odd steps, a colossal monolith and delightful views
Just as summer temperatures were beginning to take over the really-short spring season that the Indian subcontinent gets, we decided to hit what I’d like to call ‘Karnataka’s Sculptural Triangle just…
Murudeshwar: Where everything seems to be massive
Just off what was popularly known as NH -17* (Edapally- Panvel Highway, now NH- 66), around 80 kilometres south of Gokarna is another temple town, known for its Shiva temple,…
Of pillars of chiselled art, murals and legends
Every now and then, I have what I call ‘travel cravings.’ Sometimes I crave the seas; sometimes, the mountains; and sometimes, forests. I recently had this strong desire to see…
World’s tallest free-standing totem pole!
A few miles north of the Drive Thru Chandlier Tree is another tourist attraction literally nestled among Redwood Trees of North California — a place called Confusion Hill (in Piercy,…