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The Routledge Handbook of Hindu Temples: Materiality, Social History and Practice

The Routledge Handbook of Hindu Temples: Materiality, Social History and Practice

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This handbook explores the archaeology, social history, and cultural landscape of Hindu temples, highlighting their significance as sites of cultural heritage and the active participation of the community in their establishment, maintenance, and survival. It offers a unique approach by focusing on the social base of the temple and is an indispensable resource for scholars of archaeology, Hinduism, Indian history, religious studies, museum studies, South Asian history, and Southeast Asian history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 20 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple. Perhaps the most recognizable of the material forms of Hinduism, temples are lived, dynamic spaces. They are significant sites for the creation of cultural heritage, both in the past and in the present.

Drawing on historiographical surveys and in-depth case studies, the volume centres the material form of the Hindu temple as an entry point to study its many adaptations and transformations from the early centuries CE to the 20th century. It highlights the vibrancy and dynamism of the shrine in different locales and studies the active participation of the community for its establishment, maintenance and survival.

The illustrated handbook takes a unique approach by focusing on the social base of the temple rather than its aesthetics or chronological linear development. It fills a significant gap in the study of Hinduism and will be an indispensable resource for scholars of archaeology, Hinduism, Indian history, religious studies, museum studies, South Asian history and Southeast Asian history.

Chapters 1, 4 and 5 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Weight: 1076g
Dimension: 179 x 254 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367563158

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