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2020
The Buddhist Heritage of Andhra Pradesh A Digital Talk by Dr. E Siva Nagi Reddy presented by Tamil Heritage Trust
on Saturday, 5th September 2020 at 05.30pm
The talk on YouTube
About The Topic
Dr. E Siva Nagi Reddy will trace the advent and spread of Buddhism in
its 3 phases - Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana - from the lifetime of
the Buddha up until the 14th century AD. He will also showcase the
patronage of Buddhism by Asoka and in the subsequent periods and the
contribution of the Buddhist philosophers like Acharya Nagarjuna,
Aryadeva, Dignaga, Bhavaviveka, Buddhapalitha, Buddhaghosha, and
Dharmakeerthi through their writings. Further, he will cover the
development of Buddhist Architecture and features of Buddhist art with
special reference to Amaravathi School of Art represented in stone and
metal, the holy relic caskets of the Buddha recovered in the state, the
highlights of the Buddhist inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh and the
spread of the Dhamma to Sri Lanka and other South East Asian countries.
About the Speaker
Dr. E Siva Nagi Reddy, a Sthapathi and Archaeologist had his training in
traditional sculpture and architecture at Tirupati and served the
Endowments and Archaeology Departments for 35 years. He has
successfully transplanted more than 100 temples from the Srisailam
submergible area and also conserved a number of Kakatiya temples in
Warangal and Karimnagar district.
He has written many books on temple architecture, such as Encyclopaedia
of Indian Temple Architecture, Evolution of Building Technology in Early
and Medieval Andhradesa, Silpins in Early and Medieval Andhradesa ,
Temples of the Telugu People and Temple Construction during the
Vijayanagara Period. His books on Buddhism include Buddhist Archaeology
in Andhra Pradesh, Buddhist Archaeology in Telangana, Buddhist Circuits
in Andhra Pradesh, Buddhist Heritage of Andhra Pradesh and Buddhist
Inscriptions of Andhradesa.
Dr. Reddy has participated in excavations at many Buddhist sites in
Andhra Pradesh. Currently he is the CEO of The Cultural Centre Of
Vijayawada and Amaravati established by the Malaxmi Group at
Vijayawada. He is recipient of prestigious Kalaratna Award from
the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Tamil Heritage Trust
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