Rediscovering the Hindu Temple

Rediscovering the Hindu Temple
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781443867344
ISBN-13 : 1443867349
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Book Synopsis Rediscovering the Hindu Temple by : Vinayak Bharne

Download or read book Rediscovering the Hindu Temple 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. 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...


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