Gudahandi
Gudahandi | |
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Native name Odia: ଗୁଡ଼ହାଣ୍ଡି | |
Type | Hills |
Location | Ampani, Koksara, Odisha |
Coordinates | 19°37′5.023″N 82°32′54.389″E / 19.61806194°N 82.54844139°E |
Elevation | 1,617 feet (493 m) |
Governing body | Government of Odisha |
Website | https://kalahandi.nic.in |
Gudahandi also known as 'Gudahandi Hills' and 'Gudahandi Caves' is a pre-historic site in Odisha, India. It is located in the Ambapani sanctuary of Kalahandi district of Odisha.[1] It is close to the Nabarangpur district Border and about 17 km and 88 km away from Ampani and District Headquarters Bhawanipatna respectively.[2]
History
The word Gudahandi is derived from two
Paleolithic Paintings
The rock art shelter exhibits both monochrome and bi-chrome paintings of early historic period. It is the only reported rock art site of Kalahandi district.[4][5] The rock art panel preserves the specimen of paintings which include a stylized human figure in red, deer and a variety of geometric patterns of squares and rectangles either empty or in filled with straight and diagonal lines or with dots on the borders grid patterns, wheels with spokes, apsidal patterns, oval shapes with dots executed either in monochrome of red or in polychrome of red, blue and black.[6][7][8][9]
Gallery
References
- ^ "Places of Interest | Kalahandi District: Odisha". Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ "History | Kalahandi District: Odisha". Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ISBN 978-81-921347-1-0.
- ^ "Rock Art Shelter of Gudahandi" (PDF). Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts.
- ^ "Districts Gazetteers(Kalahandi)" (PDF). Government of Odisha.
- ^ "Culture Department". odishaculture.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ Prusty, Subrat Kumar (2010). Bhasa O Jatiyata (1 ed.). Bidyadharpur, Jajpur: with financial assistance by Dept. of Culture, Govt. of Odisha. p. 22.
- ^ Debi Prasanna Pattanayak; Subrat Kumar Prusty (2013). A Report on classical status of Odia Language (1st ed.). Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Department of Culture, Govt. Of Odisha. p. 90.
- ISBN 978-81-925616-3-9.