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Temples of Western India

 
Ambujam Anantharaman (Author)
Synopsis

The temple of the saint poet Meera at Chittorgarh in Rajasthan is deserted. A lone devotee sings in a corner while the grandeur all around waits in silence for a chance visitor.

All the devotees are where Meera’s heart was. At the famous Krishna Temples of Nathdwara in Rajasthan, Dakor, Mul Dwarka, Dwarka and Bet Dwaraka in Gujarat.

In the towering tower of the famed Dwarka temple lies symbolized the spirit of all the unique temples of Western India. History, legend, architecture, spirituality all merge there.

There is a shrine of a different kind at Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace in the quaint town of Porbandar.

The visitors to India from abroad stare in wonder at the Amber Fort in Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. That wondrous state is naturally where people rush to drink of India’s culture. Can there be a jewel like the Jagat Mata temple near Udaipur or the thousand pillared Jain shrine at Ranakpur. In Western India each state is different. In Maharashtra, most of the temples are small, but devotees throng them to worship the indulgent Lord Ganesha.

Gujarat perhaps represents the balance between bhakti and artistic excellence.

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About the author

Ambujam Anantharaman

Ambujam Anantharman was born and brought up in Chennai's oldest settlement, Mylapore, where temples and traditions dominated day-to-day life. Childhood visits to temple after temple developed into a passion that resulted in a column on the subject for a popular website. Her training and experience as a journalist saw to it that she looked at all aspects-spiritual, devotional, historical, architectural and societal facets of individual temples. Ambujam is a gold medalist from Madras University in English literature and is a Jack Howard fellow in science reporting from the California Institute of Technology, USA. She is married to a railway officer and has two children. She has in a career spanning two decades, worked in the Press Trust of India (PTI) and The Hindu apart from websites and is currently with the United News of India.

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Bibliographic information

Title Temples of Western India
Format Softcover
Date published: 30.09.2011
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Westland Books
Language: English
isbn 9789380032139
length 198p., Bibliography; 24cm.