Bhimbetka’s painted rock shelters were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2003.
Along with these, some religious and ritual symbols also occur frequently. Are the animals displayed in some of the caves. Tigers, bisons, deer, wild boar, elephants, antelopes, dogs, lizards, crocodiles, etc. Painting themes are taken from everyday events, the scenes exhibits hunting, music, dancing, horse and elephant riders, animal fighting, honey collection and other household scenes. It displays continuous sequence of cultures from Paleolithic to the Historical period. This archaeological site has more than 700 rock shelters of which 400 caves have paintings, which shows the life of communities from the Mesolithic to the mediaeval times. The rock shelters of Bhimbetka are at a distance of 45km south east of Bhopal. The galleries of rock paintings at Bhimbetka (220.55'-220.56' N-770.36'-770.37' E) in.Ī world heritage site, Bhimbetka is located in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh state of India. I.e., 12 years before the discovery of the famous cave of Altamira. Meaning of a particular rock art is far difficult to understand. Discovery of rock paintings at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh in the 1950s brought.
