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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Chausath Yogini Temple at Hirapur
Chausath Yogini Temple, located in a suburb of Bhubaneswar called Hirapur, is one of the handful of temples dedicated to worshiping sixty four (chausath) forms of Devi/Shakti in India. The only other Chausath Yogini temple I’ve been to is at Mitaoli in Madhya Pradesh. Continue reading
Odisha Style, Konark: Subsidiary Structures
Photos of other structures in the Sun Temple compound. Continue reading
Odisha Style, Konark: Natamandir
Photos of the Natamandir in front of the Sun Temple. Continue reading
Odisha Style, Konark: Temple Superstructure
Photos of the temple mandap and remains of the sanctum. Continue reading
Odisha Style, Konark: Temple Platform
The Sun Temple was imagined as the chariot of Surya the Sun God, and the high platform on which the temple sanctum and mandap are built has on its walls the famous sculpted stone spoked wheels of the chariot. The wheels and platform walls are covered with the beautiful sculpture work that this temple is known for. Continue reading
Odisha Style, Konark: General Layout
I visited the Sun Temple at Konark around the Christmas break in 2017, and it seemed like half the world had decided to visit at that same time! The Konark temple (13th c) is the third in line of the large Odia temples after Lingaraja (late-11th c) in Bhubaneswar and Jagannath (12th c) at Puri. If the sanctum tower of this huge temple had not collapsed, it would also have been the largest of the three. Continue reading
Roaming Around Puri
Since they don’t allow photography inside the Jagannath Puri temple, I had to make do just with photos of the main spire from the outside, along with photos of some of the buildings along Grand Road. Continue reading
Odisha Style: Varahi Temple at Chaurasi
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
Odisha Style: Simhanath Temple
Simhanath is an island on the Mahanadi River, about 50km upstream of Cuttack as the crow flies. The villages of Gopinathpur and Baideswar are located near the island on the left and right banks of the river respectively. Simhanath temple on the island is an 8th c temple, built just after Parashurameshwar and very similar in style. Continue reading
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