Buddhist Art Showcases Amaravathi, India as Destination for Chinese Tourists
THE HINDU
CHINA - Exhibition of paintings on Lord Buddha by Social Welfare official Mallikarjuna Rao evokes good response in China. Promoting Buddhist sculptures of Amaravathi, Guntur district, is a passion that has taken West Godavari Joint Director of Social Welfare R. Mallikarjuna Rao to Yiwu near Shanghai in China with all his paintings on Lord Buddha. The exhibition was to promote the Dhyana Buddha and Amaravathi as a Buddhist destination. Though not a professional painter, Mr. Mallikarjuna Rao had come up with a series of 16 paintings of 3 feet x 2 feet along with an explanation on the importance of Buddhist sculpture, which got evolved into a specialised school of sculpting, now renowned the world over. The Greeko-Roman art forms were prominently visible on the sculptures, which were put in place between 3 BC and 3 AD. [link]
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| Art enthusiasts having a look at the paintings on Lord Buddha put up by West Godavari Joint Director of Social Welfare R. Mallikarjuna Rao at Yiwu near Shanghai in China. |
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