A marvel of creativity and a work of massive magnificence, the Brahadisvara temple at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu has evoked awe and admiration for the past 1000 years. It has inspired books, articles, and research papers by historians, archaeologists, sociologists, and art experts from India and abroad.
Vibrant at 1000: Big Temple, Thanjavur, India. It contains some 160 photographs taken at different times of day and night, capturing the majesty and the varied brilliance of the temple’s art, architecture, structural engineering, and sculpture, as well as the reverence and religiosity of the devotees.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anuradha Iqbal
Anuradha Iqbal is marketing and advertising professional. A graduate in commerce and a post-graduate in economics from Mumbai University, she has a Diploma in Advertising and Marketing. She has attended a number of management training programmes, nationally and internationally. Anuradha has over 10 years of experience in large advertising agencies handling national/multinational accounts.She currently handles the planning, operations and administration of Light and Life academy, Ooty.Both Iqbal and Anuradha are dedicatedly active in various environmental preservation and awareness programmes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Iqbal K Mohamed
Iqbal Mohamed is one of India’s leading Advertising Photographer. Iqbal is an alumnus of Brooks Institute of Photography, California, USA . He also holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in History & Political Science from Loyola College (Chennai) and an MBA from the University of Madras.In his career as a photographer, he has shot many campaigns for various National and Multi-National clients, including Ford, Toyota, FIAT, Mistshubishi, Colour Plus, Ponds, TVS, Timex, Reebok, GE, BPL, Mahindra & Mahindra, Coca Cola, Ashok Leyland, etc.Iqbal’s passion is travel and nature. He has recently photographed for two coffee table books on the UNESCO World Heritage citing – “the Nilgiris Mountain Railway”and “Chola Architecture”. His book “Portrait & Function Photography” is the first book of its kind to be published in eight Indian languages besides English, to reach photography education to the masses. He has co-photographed for two coffee table books “Karnataka” and “Bangalore”.Iqbal’s serious and urgent desire to impart professional photography education to aspiring talent set him in pursuit of his most ambitious project to date - India’s first professional photography institute situated in Ooty - Light & Life Academy, supported by the industry like Kodak, Lakshmi Machine Works, Calumet, Elinchrom, Epson, etc.
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