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Hindu India: From Khajuraho to the Temple City of Madurai (World Architecture)

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I traveled in India for six months in 1997-98 and am now reliving the visit, thanks to this wonderful visual survey. A great feast for the eye. Best of the India photo books.

If you liked this book, you might also want to check out other photo books of India that examine areas differently...for instance, there is a wonderful illustration book by a British artist (can't recall his name now; he also did a book on Italy as well)...and a fabulous in-depth book on Varanasi, called Benares Seen From Within, by Richard Lannoy. This book is a must-have.

Taschen has published a spectacular book called Indian Interiors, which is a real spectacle of wealthy people's fabulous homes and a few peasant places, too.

Haven't yet hit too much of the content, but it's a wonderful publication in it's photography and high-quality publication value... Great pictures, great detail, and from what I see, the discussion of the temple architeture and sculpture looks equally promising. Definitely more of an art and architecture book about temples, than a book about Hinduism it's temples.

At last, a moderately priced book that captures the beauty of one of the world's great archi- tectures. The unique forms and textures of Hindu architecture are an invaluable inspiration to the creative artist, and for that reason alone, I highly recommend this book as an important addition to the artist's library.

well, i like the title very much. this book exploring world's great architectural, the great style of indian, hindu architecture. but how the author missed the four famous and great locations.

first 'chidambaram' place of cosmic dancing shiva called 'natarajar'. this is the second largest temple in tamil nadu. here the 'karpagraham' is golden roofed. just 125 km from thanjavur. its built in cholas period.

second 'gangaikonda cholapuram' this is built by son of 'raja raja cholan'. this is similiar shape to 'thanjavur - prahadeeswarar' temple. actuall its planned to build bigger than that. its basement is bigger than 'thanjavur temple' but gopuram is smaller. just around 70 km from thanjavur. its also cholas period.

third 'kumbakonam' here you can fine lot of temples, this city called temple city. only 50 km from thanjavur. its too cholas period.

fourth 'dharasuram' in here the temple is not huge but the craftmanship is great. only 5 km from kumbakonam towards thanjavur.

i really wondering how this author missed these very interestin and great temples. without these temples this book is not worth to me! but i bought it!!