murals

If you are a lover of Art and culture then Philadelphia is the perfect destination for a short break.  Labelled as the biggest smallest city in the U.S., the city of Philadelphia stands out for its Art and is known for its excellent murals.  The city has more than three thousand murals depicting urban life, landscapes, portraits of community heroes and other abstract works of Arts.  These paintings can be seen through out the city’s neighbourhood boundaries making it the largest public art program in the United States.

The Ajanta Murals are dated to around 2nd century BC – 7th century AD and said to depict scenes from the previous lives of the Lord Buddha. The walls in the caves are covered with paintings depicting mostly didactic, devotional, and ornamental.

The Ajanta Murals is one area of Buddhist art form - iconic. Buddhist art form varies across culture and time.  Earlier Buddhist painting, which started in India is said to be aniconic (none graphic representation of divine beings or religious figures).