The Temple Architecture of India

The Temple Architecture of India
Author: Adam Hardy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Through lucid visual analysis, accompanied by drawings, this book will allow readers to appreciate the concepts underlying designs that at first sight often seem bewilderingly intricate. The book will be divided into six parts that cover the history and development of the design and architecture of Indian temples.

The Hindu Temple

The Hindu Temple
Author: Stella Kramrisch
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1976
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120802247

Indian Temple Sculpture

Indian Temple Sculpture
Author: John Guy
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-01-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781851779192

This beautiful reprint illustrates the V & A's unrivalled collection of South Asian sculpture, putting "Indian temple Sculpture" in its context as an instrument of worship intended to embody powerful religious experience. Author John Guy considers the origin, cosmological meaning and role of sculpture within the temple setting, and reveals the vivid rituals and traditions still in practice today. The book is also an absorbing introduction to the principal iconographic forms in the three traditional religions of the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, with the principal deities presented through their myths and manifestations. John Guy is Senior Curator of South and South-East Art in the Asian Department of the V & A.0.

Rediscovering the Hindu Temple

Rediscovering the Hindu Temple
Author: Vinayak Bharne
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-09-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1443867349

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...

The Hindu Temple

The Hindu Temple
Author: George Michell
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1977
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Temple Consecration Rituals in Ancient India

Temple Consecration Rituals in Ancient India
Author: Anna Aleksandra Ślączka
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 900415843X

This book is a thorough study, based on both the textual and archaeological data, of the three important temple consecration rituals of the Hindu tradition.

The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City

The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City
Author: Deonnie Moodie
Publisher: Paperbackshop UK Import
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0190885262

"Middle-class Hindus have worked to modernize Kālīghāṭ - the most famous Hindu temple in Kolkata - over the past long century. Rather than being rejected with the onslaught of European modernity, the temple became a facet through which Hindus could produce and publicize their modernity, as well as their cities' and their nation's"--

What You Will See Inside a Hindu Temple

What You Will See Inside a Hindu Temple
Author: Mehendra Jania
Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Hindu temples
ISBN: 9781683364856

A colorful, fun-to-read introduction that explains the ways and whys of Hindu faith and worship What You Will See Inside... A new series of illustrated books designed to show children ages 6 and up the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of traditional houses of worship, liturgical celebrations, and rituals of different world faiths, empowering young people to respect and understand their own religious traditions--and those of their friends and neighbors. Visual and vibrant, What You Will See Inside a Hindu Temple features many informative pictures and concise descriptions of what is happening, the objects used, the spiritual leaders and laypeople who have specific roles, and the spiritual intent of the believers. Ideal for children as well as teachers, parents, librarians, clergy and lay leaders who want to demystify the celebrations and ceremonies of Hinduism throughout the year, as well as encourage understanding and tolerance among different faith traditions. What You Will See Inside a Hindu Temple will: Satisfy kids' curiosity about what goes on in a Hindu temple attended by their friends, broadening awareness of other faiths at an important age when opinions and prejudices can first form. Provide Hindu children with a deeper understanding of the practices of their own religious tradition. Give children the opportunity to ask questions, making them more active participants.