Rediscovering the Hindu Temple
Download or Read eBook Rediscovering the Hindu Temple PDF written by Vinayak Bharne and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Vinayak Bharne |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2014-09-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781443867344 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1443867349 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Rediscovering the Hindu Temple by : Vinayak Bharne
Book excerpt: This volume examines the multifarious dimensions that constitute the workings of the Hindu temple as an architectural and urban built form. Eleven chapters reflect on Hindu temples from multiple standpoints - tracing their elusive evolution from wayside shrines as well as canonization into classical objects; questioning the role of treatises containing their building rules; analyzing their prescribed proportions and orders; examining their presence in, and as, larger sacred habitats and ritua...
