Mahishasuramardini Cave - A sculptural marvel at Mamallapuram | Navarathri Special

As we happily celebrate the high-spirited festival of Navaratri, I would like to take you to Mamallapuram caves and talk about a truly breathtaking and intricate sculpture of the story behind Navaratri. This sculpture inside the Mahishasuramardini mandapa depicts the battle conflict between demon Mahisha and Goddess Durga. Carved as a bas relief structure, it is a visually rich representation of how domination and defeat look on the battlefield. With Goddess Durga’s army displaying a confident body language imminent of victory, the demon’s army is ready to flee, losing all its might.
With detailed embellishments showing soldiers, dwarfs and even a strong well built woman who is part of Goddess Durga’s army, the sculptor provides a vivid imagination of the ferocious battle. The puranic story carved as a sculpture demonstrates the true triumph of good over maliciousness, strength over weakness, true spirit over the egoic mind and in all aspects.
In the video, I also take you to see two more sculptures, another one showing Goddess Durga in a victorious posture after the war, and another sculpture of Lord Mahavishnu’s creation of the Universe with the intervention of Goddess Yoga Nidra.
Do watch till the end of the video to know about 3 important sculptures located close to each other in Mamallapuram.
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salutations to Durga!

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hare krsna

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Happy Navratri Archana ji.! Very nicely explained and i am tempted to go over there and see the sculpture again with your video guide. Great going! God bless you. Anbudan Vaidehi

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Absolutely incredible vdo Mam.
Filled with details.

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Thank you so very much. Happy navratri

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A wonderful explanation, wishing you a happy Navaratri

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Very well explained Archana and good interpretation . thank you

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Thank you akka

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Your narration is great. Now I know how to look at a sculpture keep it up god bless you

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Thank you amma

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I feel lucky and blessed to see your content glad i came across your videos. I appreciate the amount of research and work you put in .Please 🙏 can you suggest books and literature related to sculpture s , temples and history of Tamil Nadu . Your recommendation would be quite valuable.

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Very interesting and lucid explanation. Thank you Archana for highlighting these lesser known facts.

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Very interesting to know about the sculpture depiction.....it needs a third eye observation.....looking forward to more such vlogs Archana ji.

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Such unknown facts about navaratri and a beautiful interpretation of sculptures really loved it archu
Your explanation was amazing

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