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Layout Plan of Integrated Exhibition-Cum-Convention Center (IECC). Pragati...

Pragati Maidan in Delhi will be redeveloped into a world class Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) at a cost of Rs 2,254 crore. The first phase of the project is expected to be ready in...

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LeDuc, Matthew."Discourses of Heritage and Tourism at a World Heritage Site:...

In the town of Hampi, India, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the past remains very much alive. Devotees congregate at medieval-era temples; tourists...

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Patil, Hemant A., and Shrishail S. Gajbhar."Acoustical analysis of musical...

In this paper, we present the spectral analysis of the sound recorded from a musical pillar at Vitthala temple, Hampi - a world heritage site. The pillars in this temple have musical columns which...

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Natampally, Ar. Meera."Making of Hampi — An attempt to bridge culture and...

Indian temple architecture gives us a rare insight into design, construction, proportion and scale. In Dravidian temples, especially Vijayanagara architecture and in particular Hampi architecture is an...

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"Une inscription remarquable en kannaḍa médiéval à...

À l’heure actuelle, les services épigraphiques de l’Inde ont recensé plus de trente mille inscriptions dans la langue et l’écriture kannada a avec insertion de mots ou de versets en sanskrit. Parfois...

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Kenderdine, Sarah."An entanglement of people-things:...

Drawing upon Interpretive Archaeology, Interpretive Archaeological Systems theory and Symmetrical Archaeology, this discussion examines several philosophical considerations (phenomenology, embodiment,...

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Kenderdine, Sarah."Somatic solidarity, Magical Realism and Animating Popular...

Place-Hampi is an embodied theatre of participation in the drama of Hindu mythology focused at the most significant archaeological, historical and sacred locations of the World Heritage site...

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Rao, Mamata N., and Pallavi Thakur."Reconstruction of Virupaksha Bazaar...

This paper looks at architectural reconstruction of Virupaksha Bazaar Street, of Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage site of Vijayanagara period (1327-1674 AD), located in South India. The paper discusses...

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Singh, Upinder."Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 bc-ad...

This paper uses archaeological evidence to identify some of the multiple religious strands and layers that mark the rich cultural landscape of ancient Mathura (in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh)....

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Scriver, Peter."Digital Archetypes: Adaptations of Early Temple Architecture...

What is the relationship between the templebuilding traditions of India and Southeast Asia? Ostensibly, the links are obvious. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

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Hooja, Rima."Icons, artefacts and interpretations of the past: Early Hinduism...

Unravelling the variegated existing tapestry of religious faiths is often complicated, particularly as the roots of some existing belief systems are thought to lie in processes set in force during a...

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Elgood, Heather."Exploring the roots of village Hinduism in South Asia."World...

This paper explores the roots of contemporary village religion. The eclectic nature and interaction of both rural and orthodox Puranic Hinduism have made any attempt to dissect the traditions...

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Lahiri, Nayanjot, and Elisabeth Bacus."Exploring the archaeology of...

‘Hinduism’ is an English word that was first used in 1816 and 1817 by Raja Rammohan Roy, an Indian social reformer. Rammohan Roy, a Hindu by birth and an eloquent critic of the faith as it was then...

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Brown, Rebecca M.."A Distant Contemporary: Indian Twentieth-Century Art in...

In 1985–86, the Festival of India staged over seventy exhibitions in the United States in forty-two different states, emphasizing India's historical and vernacular traditions. Only three exhibitions...

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Dhavalikar, M. K.."ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ARYANS."Annals of the Bhandarkar...

The Aryan problem, the knottiest in human history, is now over two centuries old, and no acceptable solution is in sight in spite of the best efforts of many renowned scholars. The academic world is...

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Shaw, Julia."Archaeologies of Buddhist propagation in ancient India: ‘ritual’...

This paper assesses the degree to which current ‘ritual’ and ‘practical’ models of religious change fit with the available archaeological evidence for the spread of Buddhism in India during between the...

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Vahia, Mayank."THE HARAPPAN QUESTION."Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental...

One of the major problems of interpretation of early Indian history has been the inconsistencies between the Harappan (Indus Valley) civilisation and the Rigvedic literature. Problems arise from the...

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Unknown, Sarah Kenderdine, Jeffrey Shaw, and Anita Kocsis."Dramaturgies of...

This paper examines an extensive user evaluation survey undertaken during an installation of PLACE-Hampi, a custombuilt augmented stereoscopic panoramic interactive cultural heritage installation. The...

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Eaton, Natasha.""Swadeshi" Color: Artistic Production and Indian Nationalism,...

Color held a contested status in relation to the discursive and affective entanglement of art and Indian nationalism. Examination of the artworks, speeches, manifestos, and musings of Mohandas K....

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Ray, Himanshu Prabha."The apsidal shrine in early Hinduism: Origins, cultic...

This paper argues against the current view that the apsidal form was Buddhist in origin and that apsidal Hindu temples are essentially Buddhist shrines subsequently converted to Hinduism. It also...

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