The Art of Jaina Temple Building in India
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09 Oct
2024
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Indian Aesthetics
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Julia A.B. Hegewald
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Image: The Candranātha Basadi (1429) at Mudabidri, Karnataka, is a three-storeyed Jaina temple structure.
Jaina temple structures in India have generally been portrayed as following the same principles as Hindu sacred architecture. Therefore, studies of Jaina shrines have generally been neglected. In these two lectures, I will introduce the audience at first to the unique spatial complexities of Jaina temples throughout the Indian subcontinent. In the second lecture, I will focus on the idiosyncrasies of Jaina places of worship in Karnataka, illustrating resource and climate responsive traditional and modern architecture.
Session I: Jaina Temple Architecture in India: The Development of a Distinct Language in Space and Ritual
Session II: Jaina Basadis in Karnataka: Climatic Dependencies and Artistic Freedoms
Online Public Lecture on ZOOM
P.S: The Zoom link to join the lecture will be shared 24 hours prior to the talk.
Duration -
October 9, 2024
Timing: 6:30 - 8:45 pm IST
Fees
Rs. 1,000 (For student discounts registrations kindly email info@jp-india.org)
Registrations Closed
Julia A.B. Hegewald
Julia A.B. Hegewald has been Professor of Oriental Art History at the University of Bonn since 2010. She was Reader in Art History at Manchester, a postdoctoral Fellow in Heidelberg and a Research Fellow at University College Oxford. She studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, from where she also holds a PhD. Her books on Jaina art include: Jaina Temple Architecture in India: The Development of a Distinct Language in Space and Ritual (2009; 2018; 2024), The Jaina Heritage: Distinction, Decline and Resilience (2010), Jaina Painting and Manuscript Culture: In Memory of Paolo Pianarosa (2015) and Jaina Tradition of the Deccan: Shravanabelagola, Mudabidri, Karkala (2021).