FCSarch 05 Hindu Temples & Buddhist Stuppa
Transcript of FCSarch 05 Hindu Temples & Buddhist Stuppa
Murti. (statue of Shiva in Bangalore)
Lingam or Linga
Linga
Linga
Linga adored
Shore Temple at Mahabalipura
The Sringeri Vidyaranya Temple
Components of a typical Hindu Temple
Brahmeswara Temple, 9th c. India (at Bhubaneswar)
Brahmeswara Temple
Brahmeswara Temple, 9th century (in Norwich)
Brahmeswara Temple
Brahmeswara Temple
24 radials of a circle
Brahmeshvara Temple
Misc. 12th century
Misc. Prambanan, Indonesia
PATADAKEL
Patadakel, map
Pattadakal. Virupaksha Temple is the biggest, c.745
Pattadakal. Temples of both "Northern style" and "Southern style"
Patadakel. Wall decoration of Galaganatha Temple, 8th century
SANCHI, map (central India)
Stupa at Sanchi (see notes)
Stupa at Sanchi
Stupa at Sanchi, another in the group
Stupa at Sanchi, gate detail wood carving techniques transferred to stone
BOROBUDUR Buddhist Stupa
Borobudur c.800CE Indonesia
Borobudur (see notes)
Borobudur -- one of the most magnificent Buddhist shrines in the world -- was built at the end of the 9th century by the Hindu kings of the Sailendra dynasty. Borobudur is located 42 kms west of Yogyakarta, on the island of Java in Indonesia. The plan for this stupa is a schematized representation
of the cosmos, a mandala (Any of various radial geometric designs symbolic of the universe, traditionally used in Hinduism and Buddhism as
an aid to meditation)
Borobudur (see notes)
Borobudur
Borobudur (see notes)
Borobudur
Borobudur
ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat