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Mahabalipuram Stone Sculpture
A typical sculpture from Mamallapuram/Mahabalipuram is known to be carved in stone with characteristics of intricate designing chiselled finely thereunto. Keeping with the spirit of the surrounding Pallava art and architecture, the popular stone sculptures made today in Mamallapuram are idols from mythologies or deities depicting divinity. The pose is naturalistic with stylistic presentation and there is not much distraction due to the anatomy of the structures. The Mahabalipuram Stone Sculpture is characterised by a wide forehead, sharp nose, long eyes, hanging ears and the oval-shaped face, usually with double chins. The male and the female sculptures are slender and curvaceous to look at and symbolize perfection in terms of beauty. The sculptures are usually in a reclining, sleeping, standing or sitting position. They characteristically look animated and lifelike despite the stone as the medium of sculpting. The stone that is delicately carved with finesse, concentrates on heavy drape like clothing for attraction as well as the elaborate ornamentation. The idols carry the aura of religion and all these depictions have the subject in the centre, with exquisite carving even at the slab of stone which is the base of the sculpture.
