2592 x 3872 px | 21,9 x 32,8 cm | 8,6 x 12,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
14 marzo 2012
Ubicazione:
jatayu para,Chadayamangalam,Kollam,Kerala,India
Altre informazioni:
Jatayu (Myth from Indian epic Ramayana) is the son of Aruna and nephew of Garuda. A demi-god who has the form of a Vulture, he tries to rescue Sita from Ravana when Ravana abducted Sita and carried her to his country Sri Lanka on the famed aircraft Pushpaka. Jatayu, the Great Bird, attacked him mid air and an intense fight ensued at the end of which Ravana managed to cut off Jatayu’s wings (bird wings). Jatayu is supposed to have fallen on top of this rock. The wounded bird lay there till Sri Rama visited this rock, looking for his wife. Jatayu told Rama what had happened and where Sita had gone. After giving this vital information to Rama, the bird attained liberation. Local people have established a Rama temple in commemoration of this legend. The story goes that when Jatayu fell, his beak hit the rock, forming a crater from which water sprang. Jatayupara is believed to be the place where Lord Rama first learnt about Sita's whereabouts and Lakshmana found some of her jewels. It is also said that Rama fed the injured Jatayu with the water from this same pond before the bird could narrate the happenings. This pond never dries, even in mid summer. There are certain markings close by believed to be the foot points of Sri Rama. Presently 200-foot long, 150-foot wide and 60-foot tall 'functional' sculpture of Jatayu will be built on a 1, 000-foot tall rock at Chadayamangalam by Expert Noted sculptor Rajiv Anchal and expert structural engineers and architects are involved in its making. As the work is done at a height of 1000 ft a rope way has been built for transportation of materials.This will have three storeys and visitors who enter the sculpture can literally have a Bird’s Eye View as Jatayu’s eyes are planned to be round windows opening out to the world. Once finished, Jatayu sculpture would be the biggest functional sculpture in the Asian continent. It can be termed as the tallest sculpture as well.
