Architecture of Sovereignty : Stone Bodies, Colonial Gazes, and Living Gods in South India
by
Gita V. Pai
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1009150154
ISBN-13
9781009150156
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 16th, 2023
Print length
378 Pages
Weight
61 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 15.80 x 2.50 cms
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The book re-examines how we collectively imagine relationships between culture defined broadly and the roles of historical transformation, flux, instability, and how people 'on the ground' experience material realities in given historical contexts as part of their everyday life.
In this innovative study, Gita V. Pai traces the history of the Pudu Mandapam (Tamil, 'new hall') – a Hindu temple structure in Madurai – through the rise and fall of empires in south India from the seventeenth century to the present. This wide-ranging work illustrates how south Indian temples became entangled in broader conflicts over sovereignty, from early modern Nayaka kings, to British colonial rule, to the post-independence government today. Drawing from methodologies in anthropology, religious studies, and art and architectural history, the author argues that the small temple site provides profound insight into the relationship between aesthetics, sovereignty, and religion in modern South Asia.
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