Webinar on Bhimbetka Rock Painting and Shelter | 25 Apr 2022

Why In News?

Recently a webinar was organized by the Ministry of Tourism on Bhimbetka Rock Painting and Shelter, a World Heritage Site and one of the oldest rock paintings in the world.

Key Points

• Guides, archaeologists and history lovers from the country and the state participated in this webinar.
• In the webinar, Ajay Singh Chauhan, Regional Guide of Central India, Bhopal told that 4 colors (red, white, green and yellow) have been used in Bhimbetka rock painting. All these colors are made from natural sources like leaves, stones, hematite etc.
• Bhimbetka depicts dance and music, body art, hunting and animals. These types of paintings are called pictographs.
• The Bhimbetka rock painting and shelter depicts the journey of human life, showing the day-to-day activities of life, animals, hunting, collecting useful things in the forest, etc.
• It is worth mentioning that Bhimbetka Rock Painting and Shelter is a UNESCO World Heritage Rock Site in India. It is very popular for prehistoric rock paintings and rock shelters.
• According to the Archaeological Survey of India's carbon dating process, the rock paintings of Bhimbetka are 30 to 35 thousand years old. The famous archaeologist Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar discovered Bhimbetka in the Vindhya mountain range during his visit to Nagpur in 1957-58.
• Recently, the team of the Geological Survey of India has discovered a fossil from Bhimbetka, which is about 25 million years old. Such fossils have also been found in Ukraine, Russia and China.