Massive 1500-year-old Nataraja sculpture discovered in Madhya Pradesh

A day before the celebration of Mahashivratri a monolith rock sculpture in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district was discovered.

Experts are saying that it is one of the biggest rock statue of Lord Shiva in the Nataraja form dated around 1,500 years old, which was mysteriously left on the ground instead of being put upright.

The massive sculpture is 9 metres long and 4 metres wide and was chiseled out of a single rock.

A day before Mahashivratri, the state convener of Intach Madan Mohan Upadhyay said, “It is the largest Nataraja sculpture in the world. The ruins have great potential of turning into a national and international tourist destination.”

After the discovery, the Vidisha district administration, the Madhya Pradesh tourism department, and the state archeological department are now working to preserve conserve this rich heritage.

As per reports, the Shiva sculpture is so big, a drone was used to capture the image which revealed that it is a dancing Shiva.

The Nataraja sculpture according to the experts predates these ruins and according to the state convener of Intach, Madan Mohan Upadhyay the village where the sculpture was found has other associated infrastructure of palaces, temples, water bodies, bastions, fortification wall, and the gates to the city and innumerable monuments.

The area is spread on a few thousand hectares and the ruins show the rule of different dynasties, including Parmars, Gonds, and Marathas, during different periods of Indian history times.

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