My Experience at Prince of wales Museum Mumbai

     CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ VASTU SANGHRALAYA
              I found this museum very interesting because firstly it has a really extraordinary name and secondly the sculptures are beautiful. Actually I was really amazed when I saw so many different sculptures of gods and goddesses. While observing those sculptures there was one big question roaming inside my head; how did such an  early dynasty know that these were the faces of Hindu gods and goddesses?? Well!! coming to the sculptures. When a person talks about sculptures they mainly mention how wonderful!, beautiful !..... But I saw all the following sculptures not from the wow point of view but from the perspective of what mud they used. How did they make it?? How did they stick various parts?? What thoughts came in their mind before making such sculptures?? Oh! My questions will never end!!
           Alright so these are some of the amazing fabulous sculptures.

THE AMAZING SCULPTURE OF SHIVA

This sculpture is amazingly polished, with fine artistic effects,   

I really can't imagine how earlier people made such sculptures,

and interesting part is what instrument they used for carving?? Did God give them some power to make extraordinary sculpture??  If you look at the sculpture it has been wonderfully carved. The snake which is around Shiva's neck, a trishul which is weapon, a crown on his head, you can also see two kids standing on both the sides of Shiva. They have done it in such an awesome way....!!    

 

 When it comes to types of stones used for making of sculptures, I am definitely sure after many generations and lots of hard work people discovered what all properties did these stones consist!! 

  

Did the names of the goddesses actually exist or were they myths?? This question cannot be answered but at least we have one fact clear that people at that time were intelligent and they had the capability to make something which is totally unexpected by others!! The unexpected glorious sculptures of Devi are so wonderfully carved, I feel there is a carving instrument which is still unknown to us, which helped them to make these Devis!!

Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Why are all the three names always spoken together?? Well!! Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer, whether these three gods always existed together or were they individuals or they weren't there..??  I have no idea!! but having a look at this sculpture I feel that because people believed all these myths or true facts, took the pain to carve such lovely sculptures!!

THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE, HOW ABOUT YOURS??

Akanksha Agrawal, FY B.Voc. Tourism