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Stone Sculptures Statues Carving Art Of Nepal

Stone Sculptures Statues Carving Art Of Nepal

Nepal is famous for ites stone sculpture statues carving art. Stone sculpture Statues carving art in Nepal dates to centuries back. Most of the stone sculpture art and architecture in the Kathmandu Valley, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur was created by the Newars, one of the many ethnic groups in Nepal. Predominantly Newari artists were renowned throughout Asia for the high quality of their stone sculpture statues carving art. Now a days Tamangs and even the Brahmins and Chettris are working as stone carvers in Patan. Both China and Tibet imported art and artists from Nepal to adorn their temples, monasteries, and homes, spreading Nepalese style far beyond the country's borders.
History of stone sculpture art work in N

epal were long way bac k, hundred of years ago The survival of the oldest stone sculpture art in the Nepal indicates that stone sculpting was among the first art forms to have developed in the Nepal. The history of Nepal is told by stone sculpture. Few manuscripts have survived, the oral tradition fails to identify the nation's ancient culture, wooden images beyond the seventeenth century have mostly rotted away and metal work barely reaches the tenth century. So for scholars and for those seeking an insight into Nepalese minds, stone tells the clearest stories. There was time when stone art was waning. Particularly after the fall of the Mallas, there was no real demand, but now stone carvers are busy again

Stone sculpture is seen everywhere in Kathmandu vallery. If one visits the historical sites of the Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, one can see and appreciate the many stone sculptures of deities, animals, serpents, people, bells, water fountains, vessels, dwarfs, and Garudas (mythical half-bird half-human creatures) that were made during the Malla era. It is the Nepalese people themselves who have fueled the growth of this form stone sculpture art. Stone Carvers are used to working with traditional themes and images. Deities, serpents, yogis, oxen, lions, and the Buddha are some of the images that they work mostly Now a days. Nearly all-Nepalese stone sculptures are of a religious character. It seems that the artists themselves were greatly imbued with a feeling of religious devotion.
The stone Buddhas from Nepal are sculpted from a harder grey stone found in the Kathmandu valley. Many of these Nepalese Buddhas statues are Sakyamuni Buddha , sage of the Shakya clan. These are often very detailed carvings with intricate robes, auspicious symbols, dragons, & inscribed at the base with the prayer mantra of Chenzrig . It is said that one who recites this mantra will be saved from all dangers.
Himalayan Mart is an only online shop for stone statues in Nepal who is trying to preserve the long tradition of stone carving and expose these extreme cultural heritage of Nepal. Our collection of stone statues are hand made by local craftsmen in Patan and sculpted from a harder grey stone found in the Kathmandu Vallery. All the stone statue in our collectionThese statues are hand carved, and hand finished with the same tools and techniques used for hundreds of years by generations of craftsmen

Stone Crafts

The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal has a very old stone carved history. Highly skilled and capable artisans in Nepal today continue to use techniques and tools unchanged over the centuries. Most of the stone carving that have survived throughout Nepal around temples and other heritage sites are from the thirteenth to eighteenth century Malla’s period. Clans of Newars, the “old people” of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, have been passing their stone carving skills from generations to generations. A surge in the involvement of youth, particularly the Tamangs and the Newars has assured that the art of traditional stone and wood carving will survive and even grow better over time. At this time stone workers enjoy increased interest among Nepalese buyers as well as foreigners and turns out to be most exportable products from Himalayan kingdom of Nepal.
Our stone carved statues and souvenirs are carved by master artisans in Nepal. In this section we have wide collection of best quality of stone, wooden statue and souvenirs. The stone statues shown below are selected from our collection. We also accept special requests and order.

Tata Keeps hledge, launches Nano

Tata Motors today launchesd the world's cheapest car the Nano -hoping to revlutionse travel for millions of Indions and buck a slump in auto sales caused by the global economic crisis.

Company boss Ratan Tata hopes the car, class urban population off motorcycles and into safer four -Whellers. I observed families riding on two- wheelers, the father driving the scooter,his young kid standing in front of him, his wife seated behind him holding a little baby," he said when displaying the prototype lastyear. "It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe,affordable, all-wheather from of teansport for such a family."
Demand is expected to outstrip supply with production limited to just 30,000to 50,000 cars in the first year because of limited production capacity a fraction of the original target of 250,000.
Nano has a two -cylendar engine, four -speed manual ttransmission and a top speed of 105 km
per hour.It has no air condationing,electric windos or power steering, but deluxe versions will be available.
Dealers say they have been flooded with queries about the car, whose debut was delayed after
violent protests over the acquisition of farmland to build the Nano plant, forcing Tata motors to shift from west bengal to Gujarat. But the new plant in western India will not be ready untile late 2010, meaning producing outpu and potentially increasing waiting times for deliverises.
The lunch comes at a tough time gor India's top vechile maker, hit by the econmic slowdown and credit crunch at home and abroad-at a time when it is trying to absorb the Birtish luxury marques Jaguar and Land Rover, which it bought last year for$2.3 billion.
Environmentalists fear the Nano will accelerate congestion on India's already crowded, pot-holed roads and add to choking pollution.
"Every car that goes on the road is going to use road space. We're only adding to congestion,"said Rajendra pachauri, head of the UN's climate panel, which won the Nobel Prize in 2007.

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