In India Rajasthan continues to be one of major centers of stone carving in the country. The city’s of Rajasthan is the center of stone carving. Here one can see artisans creating marble images of the deities as well as domestic utensils such as bowls for grinding spices and kneading dough.
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At Ajmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner, Jaisalmer one comes across some very fine examples of the intricate jali work done on screens and panels of the royal palaces.
The fine quality of marble and sandstone extracted from the numerous quarries in the state had given rise to a tradition of stonemasons and sculptors. The quarries at Makrana are quite famous, for it is from these quarries that the marble used in the Taj Mahal was mined.
In east Rajasthan, Kota produces gray stone for floor making, Barmer produces yellow marble for delicate carvings, and Ajmer produces granites. Fossil stone bowl handcrafted which can turn milk into yoghurt without natural fermentation. The fossil is a real miracle said to impart medicinal properties. Over 180 million years ago there was a sea formation in jaisalmer due to which residuals of many are species can be found. Habit stone is one such fossil.
The soft chromatic stone mined from the quarries of Dungarpur are used by the stone carvers of the state for carving images of the deities. The stone becomes black when oiled. As the subject matter of these images is divine, the sculptors are required to work according to the guidelines laid down in the Shilpa Shastra, an ancient Hindu treatise on sculpture and architecture.
The religious themes are carved in stone all over the state. One can see the lifelike images being skillfully sculptured in different varieties of stone across the state.
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| Weight | 1.4 kg |
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| Dimensions | 12 × 12 × 16 cm |
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