A group of around six hundred representations adorning six Cola, Saiva temples of the 10th century and a Vaisnava temple of the 11th century allows us to try to define the date of the appearance of the Bhagavata-purana and to observe the closeness of the links between the narrative and Vishnuism. The base of these ancient Cola temples contains between one and three friezes which are made up of small panels sculpted with low-reliefs illustrating the play of gods. Dancing Sivas and fighting goddesses are situated side by side the forms of Visnu coming down to earth, which constitute the majority of the representations, organized in veritable narrative cycles, one panel following the other. Thus these series of images correspond to a golden d...
The ancient carved wooden facade of the sanctuary, as well as the carved panels of the maṇḍapa and c...
Charlotte Schmid At the doors to the world of the gods: mirrors and windows for the god of Ālantuṟai...
Dès la fin du VIIème siècle, le pays tamoul voit l'érection de temples construits sous la dynastie d...
A group of around six hundred representations adorning six Cola, Saiva temples of the 10th century a...
Le Bhagavata Purana est probablement le plus populaire des dix-huit « antiques » ou grands...
In the village of Udayapur stands the Udayeśvara temple, the construction of which was completed by ...
Karikal (Tanjore), entre 1742 et 1758Vishnu, entre deux parèdres, est surmonté de Shesha, le naga à ...
Pallava iconography in structural temples (8th century A. D. in Tamil Nadu, South-East of India), wh...
This article brings out a set of images of Indian dynasties cālukya, pallava, rāstrakûta and cola. ...
Karikal (Tanjore), entre 1742 et 1758Vishnu, entre deux parèdres, est surmonté de Shesha, le naga à ...
Cette thèse étudie l’émergence du culte de Rāma à travers l’évolution de son iconographie dans les d...
The Garuda Nārāyana Temple in Carigu Nārāyana in the oriental part of the Kāthmāndu Valley, symbolis...
The Śrāvastī miracles are among the Buddha’s principal miracles and could even be considered the pro...
At the end of the 7th century, the Pallava dynasty began to construct the first temples built entire...
Cıkali is the most celebrated temple in the Tevaram, a corpus of Shaiva bhakti poems composed in Tam...
The ancient carved wooden facade of the sanctuary, as well as the carved panels of the maṇḍapa and c...
Charlotte Schmid At the doors to the world of the gods: mirrors and windows for the god of Ālantuṟai...
Dès la fin du VIIème siècle, le pays tamoul voit l'érection de temples construits sous la dynastie d...
A group of around six hundred representations adorning six Cola, Saiva temples of the 10th century a...
Le Bhagavata Purana est probablement le plus populaire des dix-huit « antiques » ou grands...
In the village of Udayapur stands the Udayeśvara temple, the construction of which was completed by ...
Karikal (Tanjore), entre 1742 et 1758Vishnu, entre deux parèdres, est surmonté de Shesha, le naga à ...
Pallava iconography in structural temples (8th century A. D. in Tamil Nadu, South-East of India), wh...
This article brings out a set of images of Indian dynasties cālukya, pallava, rāstrakûta and cola. ...
Karikal (Tanjore), entre 1742 et 1758Vishnu, entre deux parèdres, est surmonté de Shesha, le naga à ...
Cette thèse étudie l’émergence du culte de Rāma à travers l’évolution de son iconographie dans les d...
The Garuda Nārāyana Temple in Carigu Nārāyana in the oriental part of the Kāthmāndu Valley, symbolis...
The Śrāvastī miracles are among the Buddha’s principal miracles and could even be considered the pro...
At the end of the 7th century, the Pallava dynasty began to construct the first temples built entire...
Cıkali is the most celebrated temple in the Tevaram, a corpus of Shaiva bhakti poems composed in Tam...
The ancient carved wooden facade of the sanctuary, as well as the carved panels of the maṇḍapa and c...
Charlotte Schmid At the doors to the world of the gods: mirrors and windows for the god of Ālantuṟai...
Dès la fin du VIIème siècle, le pays tamoul voit l'érection de temples construits sous la dynastie d...