The Hindu Temple
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The Hindu Temple: Its Meaning and Form Author: George Michell Publisher: Paul Elek Year: 1977 Dr George Michell is and Australian author. Truly speaking, I hadn’t even heard his name before I was suggested this particular book. I was somewhat disappointed at the disapproval of the book I had chosen. But contrary to what I had imagined the author seems not only driven enough to change the world through his words but also through his actions. An Australian, Dr Michell earned his bachelors in Architecture from the University of Melbourne. But his interest in Deccani architecture grew only while he was writing a thesis on the architecture of ancient Chalukya temples around Badami in Karnataka. He went on to make the study of Deccani architecture and archaeology his life’s work. He is the founder of the Deccan Heritage Foundation, a charitable organization set up in England as well as in India, with the main aim to preserve, restore and a promote the heritage of the Deccan region of India, and in particular its plethora of monuments, through conservation projects, cultural promotion, and educational programmes. The publisher of this edition of the book is Paul Elek Ltd. I couldn’t find much on this publisher except a list of other books they may have published. The company now seems to have been taken over by other companies – first by Granada Publishing and finally by HarperCollins which is now an international name in publishing. (Source: various chronologies of publishing houses: google) Coming to the book, the book is broadly divided into two categories: part one where the author discussed about the more permanent / constant factors of the religions – Facts from what I understand that are not yet place specific. Which apply to a wide range of Hindus all over the world no matter where they are geographically. And part two : where he actually takes up examples of temples and puts them in somewhat chronological and geographical order and then studies in some way the technical, architectural, and stylistic aspects of the sacred architecture . Maybe in some ways he talks about the change or the evolution in the Hindu Temple Architecture.
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The Hindu Temple: Its Meaning and FormAuthor: George Michell Publisher: Paul Elek Year: 1977Dr George Michell is and Australian author. Truly speaking, I hadnt even heard his name before I was suggested this particular book. I was somewhat disappointed at the disapproval of the book I had chosen. But contrary to what I had imagined the author seems not only driven enough to change the world through his words but also through his actions. An Australian, Dr Michell earned his bachelors in Architecture from the University of Melbourne. But his interest in Deccani architecture grew only while he was writing a thesis on the architecture of ancient Chalukya temples around Badami in Karnataka. He went on to make the study of Deccani architecture and archaeology his lifes work.He is the founder of the Deccan Heritage Foundation, a charitable organization set up in England as well as in India, with the main aim to preserve, restore and a promote the heritage of the Deccan region of India, and in particular its plethora of monuments, through conservation projects, cultural promotion, and educational programmes.The publisher of this edition of the book is Paul Elek Ltd. I couldnt find much on this publisher except a list of other books they may have published. The company now seems to have been taken over by other companies first by Granada Publishing and finally by HarperCollins which is now an international name in publishing. (Source: various chronologies of publishing houses: google)Coming to the book, the book is broadly divided into two categories: part one where the author discussed about the more permanent / constant factors of the religions Facts from what I understand that are not yet place specific. Which apply to a wide range of Hindus all over the world no matter where they are geographically. And part two : where he actually takes up examples of temples and puts them in somewhat chronological and geographical order and then studies in some way the technical, architectural, and stylistic aspects of the sacred architecture . Maybe in some ways he talks about the change or the evolution in the Hindu Temple Architecture.
