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Tag Archives: chaurasi

Desi Deco is Everywhere!

Posted on November 1, 2019 by varunshiv

In India, you can find art deco motifs, hints of art deco, everywhere. In this case, on the grill-door of the 10th c AD Varahi Temple at Chaurasi village in Odisha. I wonder when that grill was made!

 

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Odisha Style: Varahi Temple at Chaurasi

Posted on October 16, 2019 by varunshiv

Chaurasi is a village close to Konark, with a Varahi temple from the late-10th c. The temple is contemporaneous with Mukteshwar in Bhubneswar, which marked the transition from the earlier style of Odia temples to the later style, but this temple follows the early style, with rectangular mandap. Continue reading →

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