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Gentle rainbow

RABIA ZUBERI is a pioneering figure in the world of the plastic arts in Pakistan. She has done more to have art accepted as a worthy activity of self-
PARTHA CHATTERJEE
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Vandals work

THE Tirumalai hill in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu stands in the midst of paddy fields as far as the eye can see. The plentiful November rains hav
T.S. SUBRAMANIAN
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Himalayan home

Monks who fled from Nalanda and Vikramashila nurtured Vajrayana Buddhism in the trans-Himalayan region.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: BENOY K. BEHL
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Vehicles of peace

From stupas, Buddhist art progresses to a point where the human form is used to convey ideas that transcend mortal existence.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL

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Gilded statue of the Parinirvana. Like other sacred places associated with the life of the Buddha, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, where the Buddha attained Parinirvana, rose to be an important place of pilgrimage and, in the course of time, was covered with shrines and monasteries built by Emperor Asoka and others. This is among the four most holy places for Buddhists.-

The great quest

After six years of wandering, Gautama Siddhartha attained his goal: he became a Buddha, one who had gained Bodhi.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: BENOY K. BEHL
This bas-relief at Kazhugumalai has three rows of Jaina Tirthankaras seated on lotus pedestals.-Photos: K. GANESAN

Stories in stone

Kazhugumalai is a virtual treasure trove of Jaina art and culture dating back to the 8th century.
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Opulent sculptures

Epigraphist V. VedachalamS forte is the study of Jaina sites.
SANCHI, SCULPTED TORANAS, 1st century A.D. This most significant Buddhist art was created under the rule of the Satavahana kings, who personally revered Hindu deities. The first 600 years of surviving art with Buddhist themes was all made under the rule of Hindu kings.-

Culture of peace

The Upanishads, composed in the 8th or 9th century B.C., form the basis of all major faiths that originated in India.
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL
The temples of Palitana at Shatrunjaya hill, Gujarat, one of the great places of pilgrimage for Jainas. One ascends thousands of steps to reach this rarefied world of the spirit.-

Temples of peace

The style of the Solanki temples is at its grandest in the Surya temple built by King Bhima I at Modhera in Gujarat.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL
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