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Complexities and Intricacies of the South Indian Temples
2022 •
Dr. Uday Dokras
Complexities and Intricacies of the South Indian Temples the evolution of the Dravidian temple design and Architecture took over a 1000 years. Here is the complete story. CONTENTS Introduction page 3 Chapter 1-Dravidian Architecture :History of Temple Architecture in South India page 8 Chapter 2-Shaivite landscapes of “India” and South East Asian Countries and the conflict between the followers of Shiva and Vishnu/ Vaishnavism vs Shaivism Chapter 3-Vimana Temples – Architectural Marvel Of South India page 50 Chapter 4-GOPURA of South Indian Mandirs page 70 CHAPTER 5-Structural Integrity of the South Indian Temples page 95 Chapter 6-The Meenakshi Temple of Madurai mpage 125 Chapter 7-SACREDNESS of HINDU TEMPLES page 156
A Sociological Case Study on South Indian Temple A Sociological Case Study on South Indian Temple
Bhartiya Shodh
This essay is an effort to present, in schematic form, a systematic framework within which to understand the cultural principles that underlie the workings of the south Indian Hindu temple.’ Thus, it does not contain We are grateful for the support of the Centre for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University (1975-76) and for the personal interest of its Director, John B. Carman. To Burton Stein, we owe our gratitude, both for the inspiration and stimulation we have received from two decades of his path-breaking work on south Indian history, in general, and on south Indian temples, in particular. In the last two years, he has also been generous with his time in encouraging our work and has criticized an earlier version of this paper. Conversations with many others have been appreciated. In particular, we thank Robert E. Freedenberg. The work of Carol Appadurai Breckenridge was made possible by the University of Wisconsin (1972-73), the Social Science Research Council (1973-74), and NDFL (Title VI) (1974-75). The work of Arjun Appadurai was supported by the Committee on South Asian Studies, University of Chicago, and the Danforth Foundation (1973-75).1
Routledge Handbook of Hindu Temples
THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF HINDU TEMPLES
Himanshu Prabha Ray
This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple. Perhaps the most recognizable of the material forms of Hinduism, temples are lived, dynamic spaces. They are significant sites for the creation of cultural heritage, both in the past and in the present. Drawing on historiographical surveys and in-depth case studies, the volume centres the material form of the Hindu temple as an entry point to study its many adaptations and transformations from the early centuries ce to the 20th century. It highlights the vibrancy and dynamism of the shrine in different locales and studies the active participation of the community for its establishment, maintenance and survival. The illustrated handbook takes a unique approach by focusing on the social base of the temple rather than its aesthetics or chronological linear development. It fills a significant gap in the study of Hinduism and will be an indispensable resource for scholars of archaeology, Hinduism, Indian history, religious studies, museum studies, South Asian history and Southeast Asian history.
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Hindu Temple PART III
2024 •
Dr. Uday Dokras
Third and final part of 3 Books about the Construction of Hindu Mandir PART III
Introduction to The Making of a Modern Temple: Kalighat and Kolkata.pdf
Deonnie Moodie
The following is the introduction to my recently published book The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City: Kālīghāṭ and Kolkata (Oxford University Press, 2018). This book is about what temples do for Hindus in the modern era, particularly those who belong to India’s diverse and evolving middle classes. While many excoriate these sites as emblematic of all that is backward about Hinduism and India, many others work to modernize them so that they might become emblems of a proud heritage and of the nation’s future. I take Kālīghāṭ Temple, a powerful pilgrimage site dedicated to the dark goddess Kālī, in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) as a case study in the phenomenon by which middle-class Hindus work to modernize temples. At the height of the colonial era in the 1890s, they wrote books and articles attaching this temple to both rationalist and spiritual forms of Hinduism. In the middle decades of the twentieth century, they filed and adjudicated lawsuits to secularize and democratize its management structure. Today, in the wake of India’s economic liberalization, they work to gentrify Kālīghāṭ’s physical spaces. The conceptual, institutional, and physical forms of this religious site are thus facets through which middle-class Hindus produce and publicize their modernity, as well as their cities’ and their nation’s. The use of Kālīghāṭ as a means to modernization is by no means uncontested. The temple plays a very different role in the lives and livelihoods of individuals from across the class spectrum. The future of this and other temples across India thus relies on complex negotiations between actors of multiple class backgrounds who read their various needs onto these sites.
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Watching over my Mandir- new Book
2022 •
Dr. Uday Dokras
Watching over my Mandir- new Book Collection of new essays on Hindu temples and hinduism
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Book of Comparisons of Hindu Mandirs of Java, Bharat and Cambodia
2023 •
Dr. Uday Dokras
Book of Comparisons of Hindu Mandirs of Java, Bharat and Cambodia
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Why Hindu Mandirs or temples ? BOOK
2022 •
Dr. Uday Dokras
Why Hindu Mandirs or temples ? BOOK Latest Essays of Dr Dokras CONTENTS Chapter 1-WHY TEMPLES? 4 Part B-Why Yantra Mandir and what is the Shape of the Yantra temple?? 12 Part C-Architectural Site analysis 20 Chapter 2-Tessellation Patterns - From Mathematics to art Geometry and symmetry in Indian Architecture 29 Chapter -3 Fractals & Lotus-Design Elements of Hindu temples 52 Chapter 4- Archaeoastronomy and the temples 69 Chapter 5- Factors Determining the Shape of a Hindu temple 84 Chapter 6 The Amazing Temple Architecture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Part I 104 Chapter 7-Silence 177
The Contemporary Hindu Temple: Fragments for a History, Edited by: Annapurna Garimella, Shriya Sridharan, A. Srivathsan
Rough Draft "Introduction," The Contemporary Hindu Temple
2019 •
Annapurna Garimella
This book seeks to contribute to the study of contemporary temples by defining the term "contemporary" as a viewpoint to examine ancient as well as recently built temples and to tudy the Hindu temple from the perspective of formal and informal institutions and individuals. One question the contributors seek to address is the notion of sacrality and space-how is the experience of the divine made possible in the contemporary temple? This volume contributes to existing studies and attempts to demarcate fresh horizons for future studies.
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The Pillars and Mandapa of the Hindu Mandir
2022 •
Dr. Uday Dokras
The Pillars and Mandapa of the Hindu Mandir BOOK
