Meenakshi Dubey- Pathak
Rock Art Expert and Researcher
Supervisors: Wakankar Senior research Fellow
Address: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Supervisors: Wakankar Senior research Fellow
Address: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Among the sixty-four rock art sites known in the State of Chhattisgarh (India), 750 hand- prints can be seen on their walls. In seven cases the hands are negative (stencils).
Handprints may also be found in villages on the walls of houses. They are thought to establish a direct relationship between this world and the next. They are perceived by lo- cal people as a protection, not as a signature or a casual gesture. Footprints on rock art walls, occasionally associated with handprints, are more rare and have different mean- ings according to the places where they were made.
If handprint representations are common the world over, in India, and particularly in the region under study, age-old traditions of handprint making are still alive in many places. In certain parts of the State, auspicious prints made on the walls at the house en- trance and sometimes on the wall inside the house represent the hands of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth.
Among the sixty-four rock art sites known in the State of Chhattisgarh (India), 750 hand- prints can be seen on their walls. In seven cases the hands are negative (stencils).
Handprints may also be found in villages on the walls of houses. They are thought to establish a direct relationship between this world and the next. They are perceived by lo- cal people as a protection, not as a signature or a casual gesture. Footprints on rock art walls, occasionally associated with handprints, are more rare and have different mean- ings according to the places where they were made.
If handprint representations are common the world over, in India, and particularly in the region under study, age-old traditions of handprint making are still alive in many places. In certain parts of the State, auspicious prints made on the walls at the house en- trance and sometimes on the wall inside the house represent the hands of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth.