Title: Sangama : a confluence of art and culture during the Vijayanagara period /
Authors: Rao, Nalini.
Publisher: Originals ; Distributed by D.K. Publishers Distributors,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Vijayanagar (Empire) Civilization.; India, South Civilization.
Abstract: Contributed articles; published in conjunction with the seminar, Sangama: a Confluence of Art and Culture During the Vijayanagara Period, held in Houston and Los Angeles in November 2005.
Contents: Vijayanagara: the end or the beginning? / Robert L. Brown -- Recent excavations in Vijayanagara: a Wor[l]d Heritage site / M.S. Nagaraja Rao -- Transformations in religion and art during the Vijayanagara period / Choodamani Nandagopal -- Temple pillars; their evolution and style under Vijayanagara and its successor / Anila Verghese -- Temple tourism in Karnataka: some late Chalukyan temples / Gerard Foekeme -- The politics of royal gifting at Vijayanagara / Nalini Rao -- Being in love with God is not enough: social reform by Basavanna through Bhakti / Deepak Shimkhada -- Contribution of the Vijayanagara kings to the study of the Vedas / S.R. Rao -- Cosmology and sacred architecture in India / Subhas Kak -- Cultural heritage planning of sacred sites: a case study of Rockfort temple at Tiruchirapalli, India / Aparna Raghunathan and Amita Sinha -- A Sangama of architectural styles: the Vidyashankara Temple / Indu Parthasrarthy.