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For more than 1500 years, from the Indian subcontinent to the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, the temple has embodied and symbolized the Hindu worldview at its deepest level and inspired the greatest architectural and artistic achievements in Hindu Asia. In The Hindu Temple, considered the standard introduction to the subject, George Michell explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple. He illustrates his points with a profusion of photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details, making the book a useful guide for travelers to Asia as well as an illuminating text for students of architecture, religion, and Asian civilizations.

Michell's discussion of the meaning and forms of the temple in Hindu society encompasses the awe-inspiring rock-cut temples at Ellora and Elephanta, the soaring superstructures and extraordinary sexual exhibitionism of the sculptures at Khajuraho, and the colossal mortuary temple of Angkor Vat, as well as the tiny iconic shrines that many Hindus wear around their necks and the simple shrines found under trees or near ponds.

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  • Title The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms
  • Author George Michell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1988-09-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780226532301 / 0226532305
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.03 x 6.06 x 0.57 in (22.94 x 15.39 x 1.45 cm)
  • Category Architecture
  • Library of Congress subjects Hinduism, Symbolism in architecture - India
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 88019079
  • Dewey Decimal Code 726.145

About the author

George Michell is the author of Architecture of the Islamic World, Brick Temples of Bengal, and The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume I. A native of Australia, he earned a Ph.D. in Indian archeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London.
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