The Jagannatha Temple at Puri: Its Architecture, Art and Cult
Starza, O.M.
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Book ID : 45194
ISBN-10 : 93-6080-213-1 / 9360802131
ISBN-13 : 978-93-6080-213-4 / 9789360802134
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2025
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
23 cm. 240p.
CONTENTS
Created as a symbol of imperial power by the south Indian conquerors of Orissa in the 12th century, the temple of Jagannatha endures as one of India’s great monuments and centres of pilgrimage. This authoritative study assembles all the evidence, old and new, to produce a definitive account of the building and its cult. Topics include Puri as a Sacred City of Light and its major festivals; the architecture, sculpture, and associated paintings of the Temple; and a new analysis of the origins of the extraordinary icons worshipped in it. The only exhaustive account of this major shrine, this study includes unique 19th century and contemporary photographs, the latter revealing features in its ongoing restoration. Its new, integrated interpretation of the Purusottama cult places its iconography firmly in the traditions of Hindu festival art. About the Author O.M. Starza studied Indian Art at Oxford and Amsterdam. He has visited India many times and given lectures at Heidelberg, Brussels, Cambridge, and London. His recent publications include ‘A Kusana Mathura Head of a Man in the National Museum at Delhi’, South Asian Studies 6, 1990.
