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SUMMARY:Lunchbox Lecture: The Idea of (Re)constructing Tradition for a New
  Nation. Architecture and Decoration of Birla Mandirs 
DTSTART:20180529T101500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Gastvortrag in englischer Sprache von Agnieszka Staszczyk (Kra
 kow)\n\nThe presentation focuses on the main architectural forms and decor
 ation themes chosen by creators of Birla Mandirs\, constructed between 193
 0s and 1990s. The research is based on fieldwork studies from the past fou
 r years. The project team and the presenter of the lecture visited 19 temp
 les altogether\, classified into two main groups:\n\n\n	the older one foun
 ded in order to support the idea of building the Hindu national temple (Hi
 ndu Rashtra Mandir)\n	the younger one designed using traditional architect
 ural languages.\n\n\nIn the first group the main architect responsible for
  the form was Sris Chandra Chatterjee\, one of the most important designer
 s of the pre-independence period\, founder of Modern Indian Architectural 
 Movement and one of the main theoreticians discussing the shape of new Ind
 ian art\, as well as possible sources of the revival. In the second group\
 , the famous Sompura master builders were mostly employed as the main cons
 tructors\, therefore the character of temples changes. Their forms are oft
 en inspired by ancient monuments designed in regional styles of North and 
 Central India. So changes the message and function of temples. This may be
  mainly observed in the diverse decoration consisting of inscribed panels\
 , paintings\, reliefs\, sculptures and stained-glass windows. In the first
  group they are concentrated on conveying the message of the inclusive Hin
 du primordial tradition to which belong also Buddhists\, Jains and Sikhs. 
 It shall be emphasized that: the selection of illustrated figures and them
 es is inspired by teachings of important gurus and reformers\, among them 
 Vivekananda\, Swami Shraddhananda or Malaviya\; its main aim is to present
  key symbols of the common Indian nation - future citizens of the new inde
 pendent state\, and to build the national identity\; authors of the iconog
 raphic programmes deliberately change elements of the Aryan heritage to fi
 t them to the modern picture.\n\nThus\, although they claim that the main 
 idea behind the project is to restore old tradition\, in fact we may assum
 e it being the idea of constructing it. The other group to some extent con
 tinues this message\, but also quotes some flagship motives of the Hindu t
 emple tradition (used mainly as the outside wall decoration)\, and last bu
 t not least opens to the non-Indian traditions introducing the eminent fig
 ures of Christianity\, Judaism and Confucianism.\n
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/lunchbox-lecture-von-agnieszka-staszczy
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