Rediscovering the Hindu temple : the sacred architecture and urbanism of India / by Vinayak Bharne and Krupali Krusche.
Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012Copyright date: 2012Description: 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: EBC1790930ISBN: 9781443867344 (e-book)Subject(s): Hindu temples -- India | City and town life -- India | City and town life -- Religious aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rediscovering the Hindu temple : the sacred architecture and urbanism of India.DDC classification: 726.1450954091732 LOC classification: NA6001 | .B43 2012Online resources: Click to ViewItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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...
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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