Temples of Madhya Pradesh: The Paramāra ArtIn The Present Work An Attempt Has Been Made To Study The Major Artistic Characteristics Of Extant Bhumija Temples Of Madhya Pradesh. The Architectural Features Have Been Compared With Those Of The Prescribed Textual Norms. Further The Impacts Of This Popular Art Tradition Of Malwa Over The Contemporary Art Of Neighbouring Regions Like Maharashtra And Rajasthan Etc. Have Also Been Discussed. It May Not Be Out Of Place To Mention That During The Survey Of Monuments Of Good Number Of Brahamanical Images Were Also Noticed Which Are Either Intact With The Original Monuments Or Shifted To Different Museums. To Bring A Few Of Them Into The Notice Of Scholars A Brief Inconographical Note Was Also Prepared Which Has Been Added With The Text As Second Part. It Will Definitely Help The Scholars To Understand The Development Of Plastic Art Traditions Under The Paramaras Who Were Basically The Original Patrons Of Raising Bhumija Temples In Malwa. |
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Origin and Antiquity | 1 |
The Types of Bhūmija Temple | 11 |
The Essential Features | 19 |
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11th century A.D. antarāla Aparajita art and architecture Artistically ascribed to circa bhadras Bhairava Bhūmija mode Bhūmija temples Birla Museum Brahma Central Museum circa 11th century decorated deity Delhi depicted deserves mention Deva Dhaky Dhar displayed Dist figures four arms Gaṇeśa garbhagṛha goddess hands are broken hāra holds iconographic impact kamaṇḍalu kaṭimekhala keyūra Kosala Kubera kumbha kuṇḍala kūṭastambhas latās left hand Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra mandapa Mandir at Ujjain maṇḍovara Mandsaur mouldings mukhamaṇḍapas Museum at Bhopal Museum at Indore nāga niches noticed intact orthogonal Paramāra Paramāra art Paramāra period Pārvati pillars pitha prescribed procured from Hingalajagarh Rajasthan region Revanta right hand Samarāñgaṇa sanctum sculpture is ascribed sculptures shown shrines Siddheshwar temple sikhara silpa-texts Similarly Śiva Śiva temple stellate plan surasenaka Surya temple at Nemawar temple at Udaipur temples of Malwa texts textual norms triśūla types Udayeshwar temple Ujjain vaijayantimālā valaya vedibandha Vidisha Vikram vitānas wall