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HIMALAYAN VISUAL CULTURE

This blog welcomes lovers of Himalayan art and culture. It aims to bring forth various aspects of visual culture of Western Himalayas and Natural Environment.

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May 16, 2018

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Prof. A K Singh: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India; Dr. A K Singh Singh is professor of Art History and Director of Bharat Kala Bhavan(University Museum)of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He expertises in Western Himalayan Art History and Central asian art, particularly covering the regions of Ladakh,Zanskar, Kargil, Kashmir, Lahul-Spiti and Kinnaur. He earned his Ph D on Trans Himalayan Wall Paintings of 10th-11th century in 1981. He has been working in the are since 1975 and has published many research papers, books and has propagated the discipline abroad. He is preparing a comprehensive digital photo archive of the cultural heritage of the Western Himalayas. His most commendable work is documentation of bronze cult images from the households of the regions.

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A true pagoda type indigenous architecture of Western Himalayas
Adi Brahma Temple
Copper Head of Buddha discoved from Nesang
Garkun village
Himachal pradesh
Kinnaur
Ladakh
Mahasu(Maheshvara) Temple of Chagaon in Kinnaur
Maitreya relief at Sod village in Distt Kargil
Padmapani

Parvati valley
Ropa
Ruined Buddhist temple. Ladakh
Senshar
Stongde Gonpa. Zanskar
wooden image from Lotsawa Lhakhang
Wooden maitreya at Sumda Chenmo
Young lady of Brogpa clan

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