Wednesday 1 July 2009

Hindu Sculpture Park in Ireland








"The unusual spiritual visions of an Irishman were created in stone by craftsmen in Mahabalipuram, India, and now populate a sculpture park in County Wicklow, Ireland. On 22 acres of grounds, the park includes a series of 9 black granite carvings of dancing and playing Ganesh, Shiva, Durga and other Hindu deities. It also includes more bizarre sculptures of a skeletal 'fasting' Buddha, an enormous disembodied finger, and a sculpture called "The Split Man" which shows a figure ripping itself in two, representing "the mental state of the dysfunctional human"."

Intended to represent the spiritual progression to enlightenment, the collection of 14 statues took 20 years to complete. (via Atlas Obscura)

Visit the park site here






2 comments:

Maurizio said...

thanks!

Anonymous said...

Thanks Skywalker for this post and for pointing out the beautiful Atlas Obscura site, full of interesting things!!