The present temple complex at Lepaksi is primarily of Vijayanagara affiliation, containing an abundance of sculptural and architectural wealth. Its ceilings and walls were further decorated with paintings and stucco work relating to the devine froms. The present work is the result of a systematic documentation and study of various aspects of the complex such as architectural and sculptural depictions of the period, that could be seen from the large number of paintings and sculptural delineations. The study of the work will certainly help the reader to assess the contemporary traditions and beliefs, popular legands and puranic stories. In other words it upholds a mirror of the contemporary social life of the Vijayanagara period and will also help in understanding and assessing similar art complexes that existed elsewhere.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D. Hanumantha Rao
Dr. D. Hanumantha Rao, born in 1934, holds M.A.; Ph.D.; P.G. Diploma in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology New Delhi. He hails from Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh. He did his graduation in Andhra Christian college, Guntur, obtained Master’s degree from Andhra University and Doctorate from Deccan College, Pune. He has joined Archaeological Survey of India in the year 1958 and retired in 1992, at Calcutta as Superintending Archaeologist for Museums. During his tenure he has carried out problem oriented exploration in Wardha and Vainganga river basin in Maharashtra and Gundlakamma river basin in Andhra Pradesh. He has participated in many excavatioins, conducted at Nagarjunakonda. Amaravati, Ghantasala, Gudimallam and Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Sannati in Karnataka under British Collaboration. Besides Purana Qila excavation in New Delhi he did creditable work in the transplantation of Kudali Sangamesvara and Papanasi group of temples in Mahaboobnagar district. He has participated in various seminars and published nearly two dozen research papers on various aspects of Archaeology in reputed Journals. After retirement he has also served as member in the committee of experts for physical verification of Arat objects in Salarjung Museum under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Dr. Rao is presently residing in Hyderabad.
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