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THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE BRHADISVARA TEMPLE

Edited By :- Lalit M. Gujral

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Pages: viii+72

Format: HB

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-220-0

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 23cm x 31cm

Product Year: 2002

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The programme Ksetra Sampada or regional heritage of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) envisages studies of specific cultural areas taking into account the process of interlocking devotional, artistic, geographical and social aspects. One area identified for such an integrated study was Tanjavur in South India. In collaboration with Ecole Francaise D?Extreme - Orient (EFEO), Pondicherry, IGNCA launched a comprehensive project to investigate the multi-layered and multi-dimensional personality of the Brhadisvara temple at Tanjavur. This in-depth study of the identified area and monument resulted in the publication of Tanjavur Brhadisvara: An Architectural Study, by Pierre Pichard, in 1995. One of the inter-related modules of the project coordinated by Dr. R. Nagaswamy, includes iconographical study of sculptures, stone reliefs, bronze images amd mural paintings. Accordingly, Dr. Francoise L?Hemault of EFEO undertook the task of photo documentation of the icons of the Brhadisvara temple. She completed the assignment in 1994, and based on nearly 600 photographs of the icons, she prepared this monograph as a catalogue for the identification of the iconographical forms on the Brhadisvara temple. This monograph is the second in the series of studies of Brhadisvara undertaken by the IGNCA. It sheds illuminating light on the iconographical forms of the two capital sites of the Cholas, viz., Tanjavur and Gangaikondacholapuram. Dr. Francoise L?Hernault passed away in 1999 at Pondicherry.

Preface, 1. The iconographic context of Tanjavur and Gangai 2. The sanctuary-tower 3. The two lateral stairways leading to the vestibule 4. The pillared hall 5. The gallery and its subshrines 6. The inner gateway 7. The subsidiary shrines in the courtyard , Conclusion, References, List of Plates

Dr. FRANCOISE L?HERNAULT (1937-99) studied Indian languages in France at the Ecole nationale des langues Orientales Vivantes, as well as the history of art and archaeology at the Institut d?Art et d?Archeologie de Universite de Paris. After a stay of two years at the University of Annamalai in Tamil Nadu, she joined the research team at the Ecole Franccaise D?Extreme-Orient (EFEO) Centre, Pondicherry, where she carried on the formation and organisation of the photographic archives on South Indian monuments. While conducting research on these monuments, she studied their architecture, iconography and religious life. She did commendable work relating to the EFEO project on South Indian temples at various sites. She undertook in 1991, the task of photo-documentation of icons of the Brhadisvara temple. She completed the assignment in 1994 and prepared this monograph based on nearly 600 photographs of the icons that she had taken. Dr. LALIT M. GUJRAL, M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D. (London), historian-editor, had been involved in the revision and rewriting of the Imperial Gazetteers of India. He has had long association with UNESCO and has served as Education and Cultural Counsellor in the Consulate General of India, New York. Dr. Gujral is the author of many research papers. He is co-editor of Ancient Cities. Sacred Skies: Cosmic Geometries and City Planning in Ancient India (2000). Presently, he has been serving as Editor of one of the important publication programmes of the IGNCA. He has been responsible for the republication of the volumes of the Collected Works of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, as also a very large number of volumes of critical scholarship on different facets of the Indian artistic traditions.

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