First Online: April 1, 2001
Page Last Updated: November 16, 2024
Chakra (from Sanskrit) -- a wheel, a circle, a disk, an infinite loop, center of energy, Lord Krishna's weapon.
Indians invented the zero. They might as well have invented the wheel*, going by the prehistoric cave paintings found in central India that depict carts and potteries. A Chakra decorates the Indian national flag, and it was a humble spinning wheel what symbolized India's freedom and self-reliance.
Here's a pictorial exhibition to mark India's greatest contribution to mankind and mankind's own greatest invention. Circles of India depicts the role of the the circle in Indian folklore, sculptures, mythology and history.
-Vikas Kamat
List of Pictures
- Abandoned Wheels
- Chakra Design
- The Chakra Position
- Chakras on the Wall
- The Circle of Fire
- The Floral Clock
- Geometrical Designs of Palm Leaf
- Golden Bangles
- Karna's Wheel of Misfortune
- Man's First Assembly
- The Matsya Chakra
- The Muladhara Chakras in the Human Body
- Multi-purpose Wheels
- National Chakra
- The Racing Wheels
- The Wheel of Freedom
- Wheel of the Sun Temple in Konark
- Wheels inside Wheels
See Also:
- Temples on Wheels -- the chariot festivals of India
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* most sources attribute the origins of the wheel to Mesopotamia.
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