Author: Arun Shourie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communalism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Hindu Temples, what Happened to Them: A preliminary survey
Author: Arun Shourie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communalism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communalism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Hindu Temple
Author: George Michell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226532301
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A reprint with a new preface of the Harper edition (1977) of Michell's standard introduction. He explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple, illustrating his points with many photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226532301
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A reprint with a new preface of the Harper edition (1977) of Michell's standard introduction. He explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple, illustrating his points with many photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Hinglaj Devi
Author: Jürgen Schaflechner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190850523
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
In this book, Jürgen Schaflechner examines the political and cultural influences at work at the most influential Hindu pilgrimage site in Pakistan, Hinglaj Devi. The unique character of this pilgrimage site and its modern importance not only for Hindus, but also for Muslims and Sindhi nationalists, brings to the fore the lives of Hindu minorities in the Islamic Republic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190850523
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
In this book, Jürgen Schaflechner examines the political and cultural influences at work at the most influential Hindu pilgrimage site in Pakistan, Hinglaj Devi. The unique character of this pilgrimage site and its modern importance not only for Hindus, but also for Muslims and Sindhi nationalists, brings to the fore the lives of Hindu minorities in the Islamic Republic.
Hinduism in America
Author: Jeffery D. Long
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474248470
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Read the story of two worlds that converge: one of Hindu immigrants to America who want to preserve their traditions and pass them on to their children in a new and foreign land, and one of American spiritual seekers who find that the traditions of India fulfil their most deeply held aspirations. Learn about the theoretical approaches to Hinduism in America, the question of orientalism and 'the invention of Hinduism'. Read about: · how concepts like karma, rebirth, meditation and yoga have infiltrated and influenced the American consciousness · Hindu temples in the United States and Canada · how Hinduism has influenced vegetarianism · the emergence of an increasingly assertive socially and politically active American Hinduism. The book contains 30 images, chapter summaries, a glossary, study questions and suggestions for further reading.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474248470
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Read the story of two worlds that converge: one of Hindu immigrants to America who want to preserve their traditions and pass them on to their children in a new and foreign land, and one of American spiritual seekers who find that the traditions of India fulfil their most deeply held aspirations. Learn about the theoretical approaches to Hinduism in America, the question of orientalism and 'the invention of Hinduism'. Read about: · how concepts like karma, rebirth, meditation and yoga have infiltrated and influenced the American consciousness · Hindu temples in the United States and Canada · how Hinduism has influenced vegetarianism · the emergence of an increasingly assertive socially and politically active American Hinduism. The book contains 30 images, chapter summaries, a glossary, study questions and suggestions for further reading.
Heroic Hindu Resistance to Muslim Invaders, 636 AD to 1206 AD
Author: Sita Ram Goel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
An analysis of Ram Gopal Misra's Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders, up to 1206 A.D.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
An analysis of Ram Gopal Misra's Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders, up to 1206 A.D.
Rediscovering the Hindu Temple
Author: Vinayak Bharne
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443867349
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This volume examines the multifarious dimensions that constitute the workings of the Hindu temple as an architectural and urban built form. Eleven chapters reflect on Hindu temples from multiple standpoints - tracing their elusive evolution from wayside shrines as well as canonization into classical objects; questioning the role of treatises containing their building rules; analyzing their prescribed proportions and orders; examining their presence in, and as, larger sacred habitats and ritua...
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443867349
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This volume examines the multifarious dimensions that constitute the workings of the Hindu temple as an architectural and urban built form. Eleven chapters reflect on Hindu temples from multiple standpoints - tracing their elusive evolution from wayside shrines as well as canonization into classical objects; questioning the role of treatises containing their building rules; analyzing their prescribed proportions and orders; examining their presence in, and as, larger sacred habitats and ritua...
The Hindu Vatican
Author: Suresh Chandra Agarwal
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543702368
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
After an existence of over 5000 years, the Hinduism the oldest religion on earth continues to brace the casteism in form of a monster.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543702368
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
After an existence of over 5000 years, the Hinduism the oldest religion on earth continues to brace the casteism in form of a monster.
A Place for Our Gods
Author: Malory Nye
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136785043
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Study of some 150 Hindu families (and about 1000 persons) living in Edinburgh, and particularly about the fact that two associations exist among them, one of which is based on activities at a temple.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136785043
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Study of some 150 Hindu families (and about 1000 persons) living in Edinburgh, and particularly about the fact that two associations exist among them, one of which is based on activities at a temple.
Hindu Sangathan
Author: Swami Sraddhananda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian converts from Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian converts from Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Travel, Space, Architecture
Author: Jilly Traganou
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754648277
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Travel, Space, Architecture defines a new theoretical territory in architectural and urban scholarship that frames the processes of spatial production through the notion of travel.The book presents seventeen key case studies that range from interrogations of architectural travel and notions of belonging and nationhood to challenging established geopolitical hierarchies.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754648277
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Travel, Space, Architecture defines a new theoretical territory in architectural and urban scholarship that frames the processes of spatial production through the notion of travel.The book presents seventeen key case studies that range from interrogations of architectural travel and notions of belonging and nationhood to challenging established geopolitical hierarchies.