{"id":8495,"date":"2025-03-04T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/?p=8495"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:30:03","slug":"allegory-of-caves-heritage-etched-on-rock-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/?p=8495","title":{"rendered":"Allegory of caves: Heritage etched on rock paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manendragarh: The Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district, historically recognised as Dandakaranya and Dakshin Kaushal, holds significant ar-chaeological and touristic va-lue despite its remote setting amongst forests, mountains, and rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to district no-dal officer for archaeology and tourism, Dr Vinod Pan-dey, the Bharatpur develop-ment block contains numero-us rock paintings in Tiloli, Ara, Bhawarkhoh (Koh-baur), Lawahori (Ghodband-hapaat), and Sonhari (Nawa diha). These artworks share characteristics with the Bhimbetka caves of Madhya Pradesh, dating from Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic pe-riods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiloli is situated 130 km from district headquarters, accessible via Kathoutia Ke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

lhari-Baharasi-Kuwarpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Garhadai (Garhadevi) temple sits atop a hill, now equipped with steps by the fo-rest department. The natural rocks display red-coloured paintings depicting deer, lo tus flowers, horses, and in-scriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ara’s rock paintings are located 5 km before Tiloli, ac-cessible from Manendragarh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The painted rock shelters, located in the forests, feature deer, human figures, and geometric designs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

via Kathoutia Kelhari-Ku-warpur. The hillside, 500 met res from Ara village, features paintings of humans, deer, goats, and horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhawarkhoh (Kohbaur) is reached via Kelhari-Janak-pur from Manendragarh. In the Sargujia dialect, “Bha war” denotes bee and “Khoh” means cave. The Kohbaur rock shelter, situated near<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murelgarh hill, displays pa-intings of oxen, deer, swasti kas, humans, birds, geomet ric patterns, and kite-like fi-gures. Biharpur (Nawadiha) contains rock paintings en route to Jatashankar, depictes ting various animals, birds, and human figures in Nawa-diha village’s forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawahori is accessible from Janakpur via Kotadol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These artworks share characteristics with the Bhimbetka caves of MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These archaeological sites currently lack proper organisation and preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ancient artwork’s colours are fading, necessitating immediate conservation efforts to protect them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and Ghaghra village. The pa-inted rock shelters, located 2 km into the forest, feature de-er, human figures, and geo-metric designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These archaeological si-currently lack proper or ganisation and preservation. The ancient artwork’s colo-urs are fading, necessitating immediate conservation ef-forts to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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