{"id":98116,"date":"2021-07-13T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T09:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=98116"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T09:47:35","slug":"this-sculpture-is-in-karnataka-not-naga-vasuki-temple-in-ups-prayagraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/this-sculpture-is-in-karnataka-not-naga-vasuki-temple-in-ups-prayagraj\/","title":{"rendered":"This sculpture is in Karnataka not Naga Vasuki Temple in UP’s Prayagraj"},"content":{"rendered":"

A photo of a sculpture is being shared on social media with the claim that it is in the “Naga Vasuki temple” located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n

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This is not a tree. It is carved in stone. No one knows who is the sculptor. This is in Naga Vasuki temple, Prayag.
\nWe always feel proud about Tajmahal, ignoring vast cultural heritage which remained unnoticed even today. pic.twitter.com\/yJhruFkLSZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maj Gen Panwar B S\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@GenPanwar) July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is not a tree. It is carved in stone. No one knows who is the sculptor. This is in Naga Vasuki temple, Prayag.<\/p>\n

We always feel proud about Tajmahal, ignoring vast cultural heritage which remained unnoticed even today.@LostTemple7<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bhQc6BEBz1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chetan Rajhans \u00a9 (@1chetanrajhans) July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The claim is widely circulating on both Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sculpture in Utsav Rock Garden, Karnataka<\/h4>\n

We performed a reverse image search on Google and came across a website called “Whereisthis.com” where this same photo was uploaded.<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a user aggregated platform where a person raises a query regarding a place that they are looking for and others answer the question. A person had posted a query about the image and the website responded that the sculpture is located in the Utsav Rock Garden in Karnataka.<\/p>\n

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We looked at the website of Utsav Rock Garden<\/a> and found a picture of the sculpture uploaded under the topic “Artistic Banyan Tree<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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The Utsav Rock Garden is a one-of-a-kind garden in India that showcases “rural life”<\/a>. It is an artistic masterpiece filled with sculptures. The garden was envisaged and designed by renowned artist Dr T B Solabakkanavar<\/a>. The garden holds around eight records for its distinctive world-class sculptures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the description on its website,”The \u2018Great Banyan Tree\u2019 is a monumental tribute to the three great artists of Karnataka – Dr M. V. Minajigi, Shri D. V. Halabhavi and Shri T. P. Akki. Before independence, these artists established Fine Arts Colleges to develop art teachers and artists.”<\/p>\n

“Banyan Tree is celebrated as a ‘Mother Nature’ (symbolically). Creativity explores ‘Nature’ as a Mother here. The artist has presented mother in nature with her kids hidden behind the branches and roots of the tree. Tree consists of several creatures like various birds, snakes, and monkeys which are all happy in nature. The roots of the Banyan Tree have been compared here to the knowledge. Like branches and roots of the Banyan Tree, Art also spreads over the earth and it creates happiness in surroundings,” adds the description.<\/p>\n

Below we have embedded a video of the “Artistic Banyan Tree” which was uploaded on YouTube by the official channel of the Utsav Rock Garden.<\/a><\/p>\n