The Seven Pagodas
The Seven Pagodas

Author: J. W. Coombes

Publisher: Asian Educational Services

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9788120614246

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Description of Hindu monuments in Māmallapuram, India.

Temple Architecture in India
Temple Architecture in India

Author: Bijay Kumar Das

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-01-03

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1387486772

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This reference book on Temple Architecture in India highlights the basic features of Indian Temple. The ceremonial making of temple, its plan, and elevation along with significance of vastu purusha mandala is discussed. Architecturally significant Temples of three styles spread across India is referred in this book. The book will be helpful for initial readers who want to gain a first hand knowledge about temple architecture.

Sacred Places of a Lifetime
Sacred Places of a Lifetime

Author: National Geographic

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9781426203367

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A listing of five hundred sites new and old, famous and unknown, that have been used to connect humanity with its gods.

Rediscovering the Hindu Temple
Rediscovering the Hindu Temple

Author: Vinayak Bharne

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1443867349

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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...