THESUCINDRAMTEMPLE

Book Details
• Book Name: THE SUCINDRAM TEMPLE
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9788198819298
• Writer: Dr. K.K. Pillay
• Publisher: CBH Publications
• Pages: 544
• Price: 695

• This excellent monograph is the outcome of a thesis submitted by the author in 1952 to Madras University under the expert guidance of the great historian Dr. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri.
• It is a historical study of the Sucindram temple, providing a fertile field for investigation into different aspects of life spanning overlapping vistas of time.
• A striking feature of the early history of Nancinad, of which Sucindram formed the 'Spiritual Capital,' is that it became the cockpit of South India.
• The different phases of political history are reflected in the development of the temple at Sucindram.
• The history of the temple, management, iconography, architecture, rituals, and more have been extensively studied.
• Dr. K.K. Pillay's monumental thesis offers cross-references to objects of art in the Sucindram temple and highlights superb artistic achievements such as the temples at Tiruvattar and the immense temple of Sri Padmanabhaswamy at Trivandrum.
• This unified study of one of the world’s masterpieces of architecture and sculpture admirably synthesizes the richness of art creation in Travancore, centered on the Sucindram temple.