Temples Of India.

While travelling in India, one invariably comes across a numerous temples of varied antiquity, size and religious importance. No matter which city you visit, a prominent temple will always be part of your visit. In some places it is the temples that have brought the cities to prominence. The Indian subcontinent is dotted with pilgrim destinations associated with all the major religions of the world. No wonder then, that the country has always been known as dharmashetra, or the sacred land. The construction of a place of worship has been an eternal quest of the humanity. India is perhaps the only place in the world, where the evolution of the temple is physically documented in a span as wide as two thhousand years. Temples of India-Abode of the Divine traces the evolution of templebuilding (2BCE-16CE) with major architectural trendsetting examples.The book is resplendently illustrated with photographs, illustrations, ground plans and cross-sections, and is a valuable resource for any visitor or general reader to understand the fascinating science of geometry and architecture, along with the thousands of years old philosophy which has brought the Absolute Divine to our manifested world.