Dharmic and traditional societies had a wonderful and decentralized way of teaching worldviews and lifestyles which were necessary not just for their own survival but also for a harmonious co-existence with Nature.
The Temple and the Teertha – Chitrakoot is so central to the Ramayana the story of Shri Rama cannot be imagined apart from it.
The ancient Hindu temples in most places in north India were either destroyed or desecrated in the Medieval Era and hence were abandoned by Hindus.
Morena witnessed the last great bout of temple-building activity in the Kachhapaghata Era, lasting from the late 10th century to late 12th-century C.E.
If there is one dynasty in north India that has left a lasting imprint on the architectural style of the region, it is the Gurjara Pratiharas
Morena the 14th-century Hindu temple architecture -that is a period spanning around seven centuries.
Morena the centre of Hindu temple Architectural Heritage
The aesthetic in art is returning and in some ways the nameless artist is also making a comeback.
The introduction of the individual musician and the removal of the divine in the music led to down path
The Chef has arrived in the Food. And the Food is consequently dead as the ‘food and medicine’.
The Architect search for the ever new and ever strange, without giving any thought to the meaning of architecture led to the degeneration
Hindu Architecture through its imagery and play with sculpture and architecture, elevates the devotees to higher planes of consciousness.
In Ancient India a piece of great art is created only with divine inspiration and not through the individual innovation of the author or the poet
The artist is missing from these marvelous pieces of art. The ideal of the Indian artist was to conform to the rules laid down by the great masters and not to create something radically new.
Indian Art stands on one end of the spectrum. Rather than glorify the individual artist, it works for creating entire cultures with specific characteristics.
Author writing on art, aesthetics, history, Hindu architecture and literature, currently working as Ass. Professor at Rashtram School of Public Leadership. He is also the Director of Indic Academy-Rashtram Center for Cultural Leadership
