What makes a Temple Unique? The Construction
of Spatial Particularity
Friedhelm Hardy Professor of Indian
Religions, King's College London
This lecture will look at cultural modes of developing a meaningful localised universe (or: how to make sense of stones). It will focus on literary material associated with the South Indian Varada temple in Kanchipuram. The wider South Indian context, that may relativise claims of uniqueness or may take a polemical stance, will be explored, and some more general, comparative remarks will be added.
Week 4, Friday 14th February at 5.30pm Christ Church, Lecture Room 2
All are welcome
Convenor: Prof. Francis X Clooney SJ
Enquiries: E-mail: f.x.clooney@ochs.org.uk or Tel: 01865-304300