This book is part of the Monumental Legacy series, aimed at giving a beief and accurate introduction to World Heritage (Culture) Sites in India. The deries is addressed to the general reader but is also of use to scholars interested in the history and singificaance of the site.
Questioning popular stereotypes, Desai delinks Khajuraho from its associations with eroticism, offering fresh interpretations of the sculptures, which, thought apparently sensual, actually conceal a deeper symbolism.
It is introduction to the magnificent eorld of the Chandella temples, their history, patonage, court culture, religion, iconography, and the distinctive features of the sculputres and architecture. Exploring each of the twenty-five temples in detail, this book also discussrs the excavated Bijamandala temple and the three museums at the site and provides practical tips and information for the visitor.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devangana Desai
Dr. Devangana Desai was born in 1937 in Bombay. An academic training both in Philosophy and Sociology roused in her a keen interest in the Sociology of Art and Religion. Her Ph.D. dissertation submitted in 1970 to the University of Bombay forms the basis of the present book. She has to her credit a large number of papers on Ancient Indian Terracottas, Temple Art and Architecture, and Ramayana scenes in Indian sculpture. Dr. Desai was awarded the Silver Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay (1977) for her contribution to oriental research. She received the Homi Bhabha Fellowship in 1978-1980 and worked on “Narration in Indian Sculpture (upto AD 1300)â€. She has participated in several national and international seminars of Art History including the “Discourses on Siva†Symposium convened by the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1981, and the “Destiny of Man†Seminar held during the Festival of India in Britain in 1982. She was awarded the prestigious Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Prize in 1983 for her research in Indian Art. Dr. Desai is the Editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay and Chairman of the Museum Society of Bombay.
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