A world heritage site, Bhimbetka is located in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The rock shelters of Bhimbetka are at a distance of 45km south east of Bhopal. 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. It displays continuous sequence of cultures from Paleolithic to the Historical period. Bhimbetka’s painted rock shelters were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2003.

A ritual scene depicting a man bent over another man lying prone on the ground performing a rite with a circular stick is portrayed in this shelter. An overlapped faded bull can be seen in the background. It also displays numerous other figures of animals, humans and rituals painted in both red and white. Some animals are decorated with honeycomb pattern.

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