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Author : Irā Nākacāmi
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ISBN 13 : 9788124605783
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book Viṣṇu Temples of Kāñcīpuram written by Irā Nākacāmi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ē. Kē Cēṣāttiri
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kancheepuram and Its Temples written by Ē. Kē Cēṣāttiri and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly on Hindu temples in Kancheepuram District, India.
Author : K.V. Raman
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170170266
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture written by K.V. Raman and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kanchi, the ancient capital city of the South, teems with historic temples of great beauty and grandeur. The magnificent temple of Lord Varadaraja, situated in Vishnu-Kanchi, has played a remarkable part in fostering the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism and has justly been ranked with the famous temples of Srirangam and Tirupati as the holiest of the holies. This is the first comprehensive and illustrated treatise on this hoary temple, focusing attention of the various aspects like the origin and the growth of the temple, critical review of the temple traditions, the role of the temple in the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism, the association of the acharyas like Ramanuja with the temple, besides the pivotal role the temple has played in the social and cultural life of the community. The vast literature that has grown round the temple and the five hundred and odd inscriptions that crowd the wall-spaces of the shrines provide a sumptuous source material for this study. One of the largest temple complexes of South India, the temple presents interesting variety of architectural and sculptural styles of different schools. The temple is particularly rich in Vaishnava iconography. The book provides a detailed study and interpretation of these features with the help of hitherto unpublished photographs and drawings. The book also brings to light the presence of fine paintings of the Vijayanagar times that are found in the dark cloister around the sanctum. The book is a distinct contribution to the field of historical and architectural studies of ancient Indian temples.
Author : P.V.L. Narasimha Rao
Publisher : Readworthy
ISBN 13 : 9350181045
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kanchipuram written by P.V.L. Narasimha Rao and published by Readworthy. This book was released on with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a heritage book which takes readers on a spiritual voyage of legends, mythology, saints, temples and dynasties. It presents vignettes of India’s rich cultural background. As one of the seven mokshapuris (centers of salvation) and the nerve-centre of vedic schools, Kanchipuram has always been a role model. Adi Sankaracharya, brought religious renaissance in the country by providing a new meaning to sanatana dharma. He established the KanchiKamakotipeetham which continues to be a center of learning and devotion. The town is credited with having around one thousand temples at one time. While Pallava rulers built most of these temples, these were extensively renovated later by Cholan and Vijayanagara kings. Exhaustive Annexures about the various rules and dynasties are also provided. The book is amply illustrated with maps and photographs, which will be of great interest to general readers and to tourists and pilgrims in particular.
Author : DR. Emma Natalya Stein
Publisher : Asian Cities
ISBN 13 : 9789463729123
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)
Download or read book Constructing Kanchi written by DR. Emma Natalya Stein and published by Asian Cities. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava and Chola dynasties (circa seventh through thirteenth centuries). It presents the first-ever comprehensive picture of historical Kanchi, locating the city and its more than 100 spectacular Hindu temples at the heart of commercial and artistic exchange that spanned India, Southeast Asia, and China. The author demonstrates that Kanchi was structured with a hidden urban plan, which determined the placement and orientation of temples around a central thoroughfare that was also a burgeoning pilgrimage route. Moving outwards from the city, she shows how the transportation networks, river systems, residential enclaves, and agrarian estates all contributed to the vibrancy of Kanchi's temple life. The construction and ongoing renovation of temples in and around the city, she concludes, has enabled Kanchi to thrive continuously from at least the eighth century, through the colonial period, and up until the present.
Author : Padma Kaimal
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295747781
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Opening Kailasanatha written by Padma Kaimal and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone figures hardened by ascetic discipline and heroic effort face north in deep shadow. There they meet the gazes of the same gods and goddesses but with gentler bodies enacting grace, warmth, seduction, and marriage, drenched in sunlight, facing south. These figures adorn the eighth-century Kailasanatha temple complex in southeastern India, built by rulers who were both warriors and ascetics, engaged in the work of this world and in spiritual quests. They designed their temple as an exuberant visual feast to sustain both modes of being. In Opening Kailasanatha, Padma Kaimal deciphers the intentions of the monument’s makers, reaching back across centuries to illuminate worldviews of the ancient Indic south. She reveals how circling the complex in a clockwise direction focuses the mind and spirit on worldly engagement; in a counterclockwise direction, on renunciation and ascetic practice. This pairing of highly charged, complementary pathways enabled devotees to grasp these counterpoised opportunities in their own listening, gazing, moving bodies. By focusing on the material form of the complex—the architecture, inscriptions, and sculptures, along with the spaces they carve out that guide light, shadow, sound, and footsteps—Kaimal offers insights that complement what surviving texts tell us about Shaiva Siddhanta ideas and practices, providing a rare opportunity to walk in the distant past.
Author : Nanditha Krishna
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ISBN 13 : 9788190830508
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book Paintings of the Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram written by Nanditha Krishna and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper presented at the Conference on "Indian Painting : The Lesser Known Traditions", held at Houston in March 2008.
Author : Chithra Madhavan
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ISBN 13 : 9788193860823
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)
Download or read book Temples of Kanchipuram written by Chithra Madhavan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt
ISBN 13 : 9781935677208
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Vaikunta Perumal Temple at Kanchipuram written by and published by Mapin Publishing Pvt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible to general reader, derived from the original The Body of God Sculptures are thoroughly discussed and accompanied with related stories Dr D Dennis Hudson's path-breaking book presents his extraordinary interpretation of the Vaikunta Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram as a three-dimensional mandala. His insight, based on Tirumangai Alvar's poetry and a close study of the Bhagavata Purana, illuminates layers of meaning embodied in the architecture and sculpture of his temple. This volume is a 'summary interpretation' for the general reader, of a larger academic work entitled The Body of God, published in the US. It is the inspired response of a scholar who has been passionately involved with his subject for several decades.
Author : Jeffery A. Martin
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ISBN 13 : 9781572425569
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Finders written by Jeffery A. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people live with an experience of the world that is rooted in fear, worry, and anxiety. This most commonly manifests is in a persistent feeling of discontentment. Something just doesn't feel quite right. Since 2006, our global scientific research project has been on the trail of the tiny fraction of the population that has escaped this fate.
