Tamil Heritage Trust
presents
Islamic Architecture in India: A Visual Presentation
by
Ravishankar
at 5.30pm on Saturday, July 4th, 2015
at Vinoba Hall, Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, T Nagar.
About the topic:
About the Speaker:
RSVP:
Despite having its genesis in a country
with no known architectural tradition, Islam has left indelible
footprints across the nations and regions it had spread, by way of
grand, lofty and incredibly beautiful monuments, especially mosques and
mausoleums, characterized by ‘unique’ architecture. It is amazing that a
religion, which appears to be perpetually striving to maintain its
purity of ideology and practices, assimilated some of the best
traditions in regions known for their architectural accomplishments
before its introduction, yet created an idiom that is unmistakably
‘Islamic’.
About the Speaker:
Ravishankar’s presentation is an attempt
by a bewitched admirer, to trace the evolution of Islamic architecture,
specifically of mosques, elsewhere and in India. Growing up hearing
tales and history of Moguls, his affinity for Islamic structures grew
into passion during his long stay in Hyderabad working for a leading
Housing Finance Company in India. A Chartered Accountant by education,
he lives in Chennai now, alternating his dalliance between Mandirs and
Mosques and Temples and Tombs with occasional sallies into study of
Jain, Buddhist monuments and Stepwells.
A. Annamalai: Gandhi Study Centre - gandhicentre@gmail.com;
S. Kannan - musickannan@gmail.com; 98414-47974
R. Gopu - writergopu@yahoo.com, 98417-24641
T. Sivasubramanian - siva.durasoft@gmail.com, 98842-94494