Hindu Art: Did you mean...?

Hindu architecture evolved over the centuries from simple rock-cut cave shrines to massive and ornate temples which spread across the Indian sub-continent and beyond, forming a canonical style which is still adhered to today in modern Hindu...

Adisthana - the decorative raised platform on which a temple is built. Alasa kanya - a decorative female figure. Amalaka - a large fluted stone disc placed on top of a Nagara tower taking its form from the amla or myrobalan fruit native...

The Hindu Kush mountains at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border

A diagram illustrating the principal features of Hindu temples. This example is the Kandariya Mahadeo temple at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, c. 1025 CE.

A diagram illustrating the principal features of a Hindu temple complex.

This statue of the Hindu moon god Chandra is made from andesite and comes from the island of Java in what is now Indonesia. It dates from the late-9th to early-10th century CE. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich).

This statue depicts the Hindu goddess Durga fighting demons. It is made from stone and dates from the 11th century CE during the rule of the Hoyshala dynasty. It was likely made in the vicinity of Mysore, in Karnataka, India. (Museum Rietberg...

An introduction to the art and architecture of the Hindu temples of India.

Apart from their damaged limbs, these 1,000-year-old Cambodian sculptures survive in excellent condition, and the fact that they have remained together makes them rare. These statues would have been in the inner sanctuary of a Hindu temple...

Like many great civilisations, the origins of the Chola, a Tamil Hindu dynasty in southern India, are shrouded in the temporal mists of uncertainty and obscurity. It is however known that they were influential from at least the 3rd century...