Lecture Series on World Heritage and Culture

130th Lecture On Rock Cut Caves Of India

Dr G Sethuraman Art Historian & Dr V Vedachalam Archaeologist

The early Indian people worshipped natural objects. “The cult of worship of objects or phenomena considered super human in a specified manner and in specified places has been one of the traits of mankind from very remote times. The early form of such practices can only be deduced from literary evidences, traditions and material relics that have come down to us in the course of the centuries”.

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130th Lecture On Rock Cut Caves Of India
130th Lecture On Rock Cut Caves Of India

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