Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka by Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi
Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka by Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi

Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka

Temples to the Buddha and the Gods analyzes the patronage of diverse image houses built in the...
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Author: Sujatha Arundathi Meegama
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Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka by Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi

Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka

$1,326.81
Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka by Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi

Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka

$1,326.81
Author: Sujatha Arundathi Meegama
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Temples to the Buddha and the Gods analyzes the patronage of diverse image houses built in the transnational Drāviḍa tradition of architecture in Sri Lanka--an architectural tradition that has been adopted across the Indian Ocean, from the premodern to the contemporary. Although the Drāviḍa tradition is generally associated with Hindu temple architecture, in Sri Lanka it was deployed to build temples to the Buddha as well as to Hindu and Buddhist deities. Framed along ethno-religious binaries, it is seen as "foreign" or "provincial" in previous studies of Sri Lanka's art histories. In contrast, this book argues that temples constructed in the Drāviḍa architectural tradition in the medieval and the early modern periods in Sri Lanka should be understood as part of the larger transnational architectural tradition. Sujatha Arundathi Meegama brings together different types of image houses built by various patrons (e.g., monarchs, monks, ministers, and merchants) that were previously considered in isolation and rarely included in the Sri Lankan art historical canon.

Examining a range of evidence--architecture, inscriptions, and poetry--and synthesizing disparate scholarship on the religious cultures and the art histories of Sri Lanka, the author illustrates that there was a strong presence of shared architectural traditions, shared patterns of patronage, and shared religious practices among the diverse communities on this island. Generally, scholarship on South Asian architecture focuses on the role of rulers and other secular or religious elites as agents of religious architecture; in addition to these actors, this study highlights the roles of architects who specialized in the Drāviḍa tradition and those who experimented with it in stone, brick, and timber in different time periods. Revealing the centrality of this architectural tradition, Temples to the Buddha and the Gods offers a new perspective that contextualizes the cultural tradition of Sri Lanka and its place in the interconnected world of the Indian Ocean.

Author: Sujatha Arundathi Meegama
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 09/30/2024
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780824894955

About the Author
Sujatha Arundathi Meegama is the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
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