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KAS Mentor Video Lecture Series CULTURAL HERITAGE OF KERALA SACHIN C ISSAC KAS Mentor Video Lecture Series KERALA SCULPURE SCULPTURE . The art of sculptures in Kerala is atieast fifteen centuries old. Most of the sculptures in Kerala are part of the architecture, either religious or domestic. The sculptures in buildings are found on panels, walls, niches, facades, pillars etc. They are either made ofstone,wood or metal. The sculptures are usually found in three varieties. KAS Mentor Video Lecture Series ICONOGRAPHY . The iconographical objects are few in Kerala. The icons found in Kerala are mostly from the temples which are part of the temple architecture or devotional objects. iconographical objects are available for study are that of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. KAS Mentor Video Lecture Series . Jain Iconography . Sseveral Jain shrines in Kerala and few of them continue to exist even to-day as Hindu shrines after some transformations. KAS Mentor Video Lecture Series Jatayu Earth centre – chadayamangalam (Kollam) . world’s largest bird sculpture . Rock theme nature park . sculpted by Rajiv Anchal . first PPP tourism initiative in the state of Kerala . Footprint of rama . Adventure zone, cable car etc KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Jalakanyaka – sanghumukham . sculpted by Kanayi Kunhiraman . Giant statue of Mermaid is more than 35m long . one of the added attraction in Jawaharlal Nehru Park KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Mermaid statue – Kollam . Mahatma gandhi park , Kollam . the statue was completed in 2005 by Vijayan V. Chavara, and unveiled on August 2, 2005. KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Veli lake conch sculpture . Kanayi Kunhiraman, in Veli Tourist Village, in 1986. There are three sculptures. 'Shanghu' is the title name of the sculptures. It is a meeting point of the Veli Lake and the Arabian sea. KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Giant fish malampuzha Yakshi statue malampuzha KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Lady in Pazhassi dam - Kannur Aksharasilpam - kottayam KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Kuravan Kurathi ststue - Ramakkalmedu . sculpted by C.B Jinan and erected on the top of the hill in the year 2005. The monument provides a panoramic view of Tamil Nadu villages and towns, including Cumbum, Theni, Kombai, Thevaram, Uthamapalayam, Bodinaykannor and Vaiga. "Land of Rama’s Stone" KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Lord Hanman statue – Ezhimala (Kannur) . the tallest Hanuman statue in South India. KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Bhoomi Devi – Thiruvananthapuram . Situated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute of Thiruvananthapuram. It is the only statue of its kind in India. KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series Sculptues in Mananchira park , Kozhikode . KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series BUDDHISM Ancient keralites followed Dravidian style of worship (Amman, Kotravai, Muthappan etc) In the Sangam age, Buddhism was prominent in Chola, Chera, and Pandya countries (6th century BCE to c. 3rd century CE) Evidence : . The Buddhist missionaries made arrangements in their own countries for the treatment of people and animals, suffering from diseases. (from asoka’s 2nd edict) . Dhammaprachara (from asoka’s 13th edict) KAS Mentor Video Lecture Series ahhaj KAS Mentor Online Video Lecture Series .