The Secret Life of Monuments
Talks
October 4 | 6:30PM
Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru
Free
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
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The Secret Life of Monuments
Talks
October 4 | 6:30PM
Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru
Free
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
The Secret Life of Monuments
Sculpting History & Myth
God on the Hill and Other stories, is a collection of ten stories mostly set around ancient monuments and their settings. Inspired by locales, monuments and myths associated with them, encountered by the author during nearly two decades of fieldwork studying the ancient architecture of India, these stories focus attention on less-known aspects of these monuments. The themes around which these ten stories are crafted are varied – in a remote village in the Deccan, impoverished villagers resort to human sacrifice to coax treasures out of prehistoric dolmens; over the ages, an ancient menhir commemorating a dead hero is transformed into the deity in an imposing temple; the caretaker of a medieval tank makes the ultimate sacrifice to safeguard its bund from breaching; a one-armed sculptor carves a masterpiece in a Himalayan village in one night; a modern-day researcher comes face-to-face with characters from the distant past, during a field trip; and the sculptor of an ancient stupa revisits it almost two-thousand years later.
This illustrated talk will bring alive the remarkable monuments and locales which inspired some of the stories in the book – such as megaliths in Kerala and Karnataka, an Early Historic Buddhist Stupa, and an exquisite little rock-cut temple in the Kumaon Himalaya.
A Q&A session with the audience will follow the discussion
1. Entry to the event is free.
2. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the programme.
3. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
4. Entry to the hall will be closed once capacity is reached.
5. If we are over-capacity for an event, entry will be based on a first-come, first-served basis to those who have registered. Registration in such instances is not a guarantee of entry.
The Secret Life of Monuments
Talks
October 4 | 6:30PM
Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru
Free
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Free