Architecture of sovereignty: stone bodies, colonial gazes, and living gods in South India
"Architecture of Sovereignty focuses on the Pudu Mandapam (in Tamil, 'new hall'), which is a Hindu structure in Madurai, a major pilgrimage town in Tamil Nadu. From various stages in South Indian history, the site has symbolically encoded the power of several regimes as far back as Na...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Minakshitempel Madurai
/ India (Süd)
/ Sanctuary
/ Architecture
/ Society
/ History 1630-2023
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
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Architecture and society (India) (Madurai)
B Pudu Maṇḍapam B Species Political aspects (India) B LITERARY CRITICISM / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh / European B Architecture Political aspects (India) B Maturai Aruḷmiku Mīn̲āṭci Cuntarēsvarar Ālayam B Art and society (India) (Madurai) |
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