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OPENING SHOT<br />
HERITAGE<br />
A GIFT FROM THE<br />
ANCESTORS<br />
THE BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS IN<br />
MADHYA PRADESH are just 45 km away<br />
from the state’s capital Bhopal yet not<br />
much is known about this archaeological<br />
site in central India that spans various<br />
historic periods. Promoted as ‘India’s<br />
oldest art gallery’ by MP Tourism, it<br />
boasts of cave paintings dating back to<br />
approximately 30,000 years. These rock<br />
shelters were home to humans, millennia<br />
ago. Discovered by VS Wakankar in 1957,<br />
Bhimbetka has around 243 rock shelters.<br />
The cultural traditions of the inhabitants<br />
of the twenty-one villages adjacent to the<br />
site bear a strong resemblance to those<br />
represented in the rock paintings.<br />
Bhimbetka has been declared a UNESCO<br />
world heritage site.<br />
SHUTTERSTOCK<br />
26<br />
NOVEMBER 2018
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