Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Southern Regional Centre, is organizing its exclusive exhibition titled ‘“Brhadīśvara: the Monument and the Living Tradition’. The ten day long exhibition will be inaugurated on 13th June 2014, 6 PM by the Governor of Karnataka Dr H R Bhardwaj and will be open for public till 22nd June 2014 at the city’s Venkatappa Art Gallery. The 10-day-long Exhibition will showcase the glory of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Brhadiswara Temple, as it is in Thanjavur.IGNCA through this exhibition has captured the beauty and essence of its archaeology, architecture, epigraphy, Sanskrit, temple rituals and photography all on one platform for the Namma Bangaloreans to see and experience.
Other features of the show include over 200 components of the Brhadiswara Temple like Nandi Mandapam, Ganesha Shrine, Amman Shrine, Karur Devar Shrine, Subrahmanya Shrine, Chandikeshwara Shrine, Nataraja Shrine and the paintings of the inner walls over different historical periods.
IGNCA has documented the temple over decades of painstaking research in a multimedia presentation that offers a virtual tour of the entire temple complex and will be screened during the exhibition.
Other features of the show include over 200 components of the Brhadiswara Temple like Nandi Mandapam, Ganesha Shrine, Amman Shrine, Karur Devar Shrine, Subrahmanya Shrine, Chandikeshwara Shrine, Nataraja Shrine and the paintings of the inner walls over different historical periods.
IGNCA has documented the temple over decades of painstaking research in a multimedia presentation that offers a virtual tour of the entire temple complex and will be screened during the exhibition.
