Tamil Heritage Trust
The Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri by Dr Purnima Srikrishna on May 6, 2023,5.30 pm IST - on-line talk in English
The
Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri is an exceptionally interesting
structure - an imaginative blend of architecture, iconography and
symbolism. To the student of aesthetics, the temple is not just a place
of worship but an extraordinary piece of art.
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Dr Purnima Srikrishna trained at Mysore University, qualifying in
M.A. in English literature in 1989. She was awarded a Ph.D in History,
for her work on the Vidyashankara temple, Sringeri, by the University of
Mumbai. She has been awarded a Research grant by the Luigi and Laura
Dallapiccola Foundation, the Telang Memorial Scholarship for 2004-05 by
the Asiatic Society, Mumbai and the Heras Tata Institutional Fellowship
for post-doctoral work on “The Agraharas on the Tunga”.
Her main areas of research are temple art, architecture and iconography.
She has several presentations and publications to her credit, including
John Faithful Fleet: A monograph co-authored with Leela B Jois and
published under the monograph series – Founders Guardians of the Asiatic
Society of Mumbai.
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