7th century CE, the classical Gupta Age had already over and several regional dynasties had initiated their rule in respective cultural regions. In fact it was an era when the great Indian diversity was firmly grounded. Guptas had made a major contribution in the field of architecture introducing temple building though small and square with…
Tag: Bhubaneswar
Sex for Liberation – Bhubaneswar’s Vaital Deula
On a busy road in the heritage district of Bhubaneswar is located Vaital Deula to what the Bhubaneswarias call Tinimundia Mandira because of its three amalaka crowns placed in a straight line over a boat shaped mastaka. The temple breaks the convention of Odiya style. Built in the style of a Buddhist chaitya, the temple…
Aragarh Hill – a Lost Buddhist World
In mid 1990s, as a PhD student when I was exploring the Daya River Valley I had spent quite a few days at Aragarh Hill and its surrounding villages to map early settlements and Buddhist sites. It was part of my intuition that Daya River was one important corridor for Odisha’s sea trade with Java,…
