தமிழ்ப் பாரம்பரியம்
(Tamil Heritage Trust)
presents
Chalukyas of Badami - Badami, Mahakuta, Pattakkal, Aihole
by
Aravind Venkatraman
at 5.30pm on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
at Vinoba Hall, Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, T Nagar.
About the topic:
Chalukyas
of Badami (Vatapi) are the pioneers of temple building with
non-perishable materials in South India. Their contribution to our
heritage is immense. Their work took inspiration from the Guptas initially,
but they continued to define their own identity and also infuse the art from
Pallavas and others, as the time progressed.
Their cave temples in Badami predate the Pallava cave temples of Tamil Nadu. They also built the earliest structural temples in South India. Badami, Mahakuta, Pattadakkal and Aihole are close to one another and clustered together, making the most dense concentration of heritage sites in India.
In this presentation, I would like to take you through a pictorial journey of these sites, also listing a bit of information that I have gathered and what I appreciate in them. This could be considered as a preview or trailer, and if it sparks an interest, we can plan a site seminar with necessary preparatory lectures and field visit.
Their cave temples in Badami predate the Pallava cave temples of Tamil Nadu. They also built the earliest structural temples in South India. Badami, Mahakuta, Pattadakkal and Aihole are close to one another and clustered together, making the most dense concentration of heritage sites in India.
In this presentation, I would like to take you through a pictorial journey of these sites, also listing a bit of information that I have gathered and what I appreciate in them. This could be considered as a preview or trailer, and if it sparks an interest, we can plan a site seminar with necessary preparatory lectures and field visit.
About the Speaker:
Aravind
Venkatraman is a software professional and a serious culture
enthusiast. Out of his passion we have an encyclopaedic documentation of
hundreds of temples and thousands of sculptures indexed from across the
country. He shares his photographs in Picasa at http://picasaweb.google.co.in/arvind.venkatraman, which
has close to 100 albums. He likes to read both fiction and non-fiction,
spends a lot of his time on the internet and has traveled widely, both
within India and abroad.
RSVP:
A. Annamalai: Gandhi Study Centre - gandhicentre@gmail.com;
Badri Seshadri - Kizhakku-p-padippakam - badri@nhm.in; 98840-66566
S. Kannan - musickannan@gmail.com; 98414-47974
S. Swaminathan - sswami99@gmail.com; 2467 1501
R. Gopu - writergopu@yahoo.com, 98417-24641
T. Sivasubramanian - siva.durasoft@gmail.com, 98842-94494