ORUGALLUStories in Stone

Warangal Fort · Telangana

Stories carved
in stone.

An invitation to look closer at the sculptures and architectural details photographed at Warangal Fort.

Explore the collection

A personal photographic collection
by Bhanu Prakash

A crowned standing figure is framed by curling forms, with smaller figures at its feet. The carving rests on a dark plinth against a stone wall.
Standing figure beneath a carved canopyWF-001

From the collection

A few places to begin.

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Follow your curiosity.

Figures and Reliefs

Faces, gestures and surviving forms.

Pillars and Architectural Fragments

The details that once belonged to a larger whole.

Patterns and Ornament

Follow a line, a leaf, a repeating rhythm.

The Fort and Setting

Stonework in the places where it was photographed.

Inscribed Surfaces

Marks preserved in stone, still awaiting a careful reading.

Look closer

A whole world
within a line.

A curling stem becomes a leaf, then circles back around a small animal form. Follow the pattern along this carved fragment.

Examine the photograph
A long carved fragment lies in the grass. A winding stem connects circular leafy forms, with small animal-like forms woven through the pattern.
Full photograph · WF-023
Labelled detail crop showing the curling stems, leaves and small animal forms within the long fragment.
Detail crop from the same photograph
Upright columns and horizontal beams rise above an arrangement of loose architectural pieces. Grass, paths and visitors show the present-day setting.
Columns, beams and the present-day setting.

వరంగల్ · Warangal

Every fragment
has a setting.

Grass between the stones. A path beside a carved figure. The photographs keep the surroundings in view, as part of what was seen.

The fort and its context

A visit, preserved
through photographs.

Orugallu is a personal collection by Bhanu Prakash. Its labels begin with what is visible, and leave room for what is still unknown.

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