Epic Narratives in the Hoysala Temples: The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavata Purana in Halebid, Belur and Amrtapura (Studies in the History of ... Books: Studies in the History of Religions)

This volume is a detailed exposition of the visual retellings from the R?m?ya?a, Mah?bh?rata and Bh?gavata Pur a on specific South Indian Hoysa?a temples. The first part of the book deals with the Am?te?vara temple, particularly its narrative panels depicting the R?m?ya?a, Mah?bh?rata and Bh?gavata Pur a. The text is a resume of episodes paired with photographs which illustrate and review the visual retellings and explore Indian techniques of visual narrative. Corollary material from other Hoysa?a temples with narrative reliefs, including new sites, is presented in the second part. There are very few published contextual studies of Indian narrative sculptures, and so the book is a contribution to the documentation of Indian medieval art, examining visual narratives within the context of the Hindu temple. The book is illustrated with 150 photographs.