Friday 26 October 2012

With no Magic






Don't walk through the portal to look
 At the past image of your life,
Don’t walk through the portal to
Look at the future self of your life,
Walk now and see the world shining bright.

Take the run and do it strong,
Letting the gains in mind pass by,
Letting desires go by.
Like Hope in Pandora’s box,  let
Your dreams stay in thy heart.
Hold it safe and tight even after
Any stumble or fall.

On your way paint create and make,
Your dream’s other parts. And
When you get there with
No portal or magic,
splash the color of ya dream on
The wings of freedom you finally got.

Hampi …

Having arrived at Hampi (to know about what is Hampi redirect yourself here) I felt myself being pulled back in years. As I stood there with my eyes hungrily taking in everything, I knew it deserved a blog post, the place had to be put into words. The first place I visited was the Virupaksha temple and seeing the towering structure I didn’t immediately connect to its history however later on on entering the place I felt a loss for words.
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I ran my fingers over the aged stone and I actually trembled at the thought of all the effort and dedication that must have gone into chiseling each rock to perfection and maintaining the same exact design on every rock. 
The thing I saw next blew my head off. DSCN6346this was the inverted image of the front tower seen deep inside the temple, far away from the actual structure, through a pin hole. I do not know if the artists stumbled on this by chance or the builders did it on purpose. If they did it makes you wonder the intelligence that was there more than 2000 years ago.
  I didn’t want to stop looking at the sculpted rocks, wanting to just sit there and absorb the magnificence of the whole place. But Hampi isn't small and to explore the place you need to keep moving. 
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When I saw these carvings the very first thing I did was smile at the perfection with which a simple classical dance form had been presented using plain chisel and knife.
DSCN6396this particular carving seem to reflect through out the place varying in sizes yet remaining same in desige, probably being the royal symbol.
DSCN6421this is the Ramayana (an epic story sacred to the Hindus) represented on rocks through carvings.
DSCN6439I seem to have taken a liking to dance forms Smile.
DSCN6454the most famous structure in Hampi, the rock representation of a chariot.
But what really made my jaw drop was the 100 pillars each of which could create the sounds of different musical instruments when tapped.
DSCN6466DSCN6463it was inside this place the temple dancers entertained the kings while the musicians used the pillars as their instruments.

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Hampi has left in me a feeling I cannot put into words. The very magnificence of the place makes me wish I was alive during the period, to be a part of such a beautiful city. I feel a part of me is still there, roaming the places once walked by people ages ago. The culture and imagination that filters through their work leaves you awestruck. It makes me proud to say I belong in a country where great kings and craftsmen have lived and have immortalized their finesse through structures which will forever leave us singing praises in their honor.
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