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| Title: | Incredible India -- Monuments
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| Series: | (Incredible India Series) |
| Author: | Himanshu Prabha Ray |
| ISBN: | 8183280730 : 9788183280730 |
| Illustrations: | colour photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 230x230mm |
| Pages: | 102 |
| Weight: | .77 Kg. |
| Published: | Wisdom Tree - July 2007 |
| List Price: | 19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | India: Religious buildings |
The book locates monuments in their social and cultural context and views them as religious architecture. The shrine was not only a place of ritual, but also a centre for religious festivities and discourses on ethics and moral values. The temple or the mosque thus evolved as a crucial link between the ruling elite and the community and through its wider network extended the religious domain beyond political frontiers. With the establishment of colonial rule in South Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries, the relationship between the shrine and its community was radically transformed. This book takes the reader through the gradual metamorphosis in the character of religious sites from being culturally pluralistic to a monotheistic religious identity. This interesting book highlights the genesis of the multi-religious identity of monuments in India.
Sacred Architecture in India; Shrines as Monuments; Indo-Islamic Architecture; On the World Map.
