Welcome Back !To keep connected with uslogin with your personal info
Home Reference Reference Thanjavur : A Cultural History
Enjoying reading this book?
Thanjavur : A Cultural History
by Pradeep Chakravarthy
4.5
4.5 out of 5
Creators
AuthorPradeep Chakravarthy
PublisherNiyogi Books Illustrated
SynopsisIn this fascinating study, in words and images, Pradeep Chakravarthy and Vikram Sathyanathan narrate the cultural history of Thanjavur—starting from its early days of grandeur during the Chola Empire when the Chola ruler Raja Raja I built the Rajarajeswaram temple, now known as the Brihadeeswara temple, which celebrates its 1000th year of consecration in 2010. They weave together known and unknown histories of the various rulers—the Cholas, the Nayaks, the Marathas and the British— and of the Big Temple into a rich tapestry of cultural heritage that is Thanjavur. They reveal to the readers the treasure house of the Sarasvati Mahal Library and lead them into the narrow lanes, or sandhus, where the painters who created the now famous Thanjavur style lived beside bangle-sellers, textile merchants, perfumers and the devadasis.
Nostalgia for Eternity: Journeys in Religion, History, and Myth on the Indian Subcontinent
by Leonid Plotkin
