Bhima Footprints Rock Art - Chhattisgarh
Mesolithic to Historic (8000 BCE–1500 CE)·Central Indian rock art tradition (Raigarh)·🇮🇳 Chhattisgarh, India
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About Bhima Footprints Rock Art - Chhattisgarh
Bhima Bharos / Raigarh-Onakona – Chhattisgarh rock art province (Singhanpur, Kabra Pahad, Chitwa Dongri) with cupules, giant footprint petroglyphs ('Bhima footprints'), hunting scenes, geometric labyrinth and Dasavatara. 400+ sites in Raigarh-Kunkuri basin; Mesolithic to historic continuity; Onakona stone tools and later Gond integration.
Why it mattersRaigarh-Onakona footprint and cupule petroglyph province with 400+ sites
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Dating precision and pigment chronology
- 02Symbolic meaning and shamanic interpretation
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and cosmological alignment
- 02Territorial marker and ritual landscape
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Raigarh district petroglyphs 8000 BCE–1500 CE; Chitwa Dongri panels
- Period
- Mesolithic to Historic (8000 BCE–1500 CE)
- Culture
- Central Indian rock art tradition (Raigarh)
- Builders
- Chhattisgarh hunter-gatherers to historic
- Purpose
- Raigarh-Onakona rock art province: cupules, footprints, geometric engravings
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
Raigarh district petroglyphs 8000 BCE–1500 CE; Chitwa Dongri panels
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
22.1500° N · 83.5000° E · 245 m · 3 mapped features
Bhima Footprint Giant Petroglyphs
rock art panelGiant human footprint depressions (Bhima legend) pecked in sandstone
22.1520° N · 83.5010° EChitwa Dongri Geometric Labyrinth
rock art panelLabyrinthine geometric petroglyphs at Chitwa Dongri hill
22.1490° N · 83.5020° ESinghanpur Hunting Scene
rock art panelSinghanpur hunting panels classic to Chhattisgarh tradition
22.1530° N · 83.4990° E