Rhythms in Stone: The Temples of South India

6th century Aihole art historians artisans Badami beautiful Belur Belur and Halebid Belur temple bracket figures bronze building built capital Carnatic music carved Chalukyas Chennakesava Chidambaram Chola king cultural dance dancers Darasuram dedicated deity demon devadasis devotee dravida Dwarapala dynasty early Ganga Gopuram granite Halebid Hampi Hoysala Hoysala temples hymns Indian architecture INDIRA MENON inscription Jain Jakkanachari Kailasanatha temple Kakatiya Kanchi Kanchipuram Karnataka Kaveri Kaveri Delta Kollidam Krishnadevaraya lord Madras Madurai Mahabalipuram Mahendravarman Mamallapuram mandapa monolithic monuments musicians Muthuswami Dikshitar Nataraja Nayanars Pallava Pallava king panels patron Pattadakkal Percy Brown pillars Purandaradasa Queen Shantala Ramanujacharya Ranganatha Reena rituals rock-cut caves ruler sacred architecture Saiva sanctum sculpted sculpture Sembiyan Mahadevi serpent Shore Temple shrine singing Siva south India south Indian temple south-east Asia Srirangam stone screens structure style Tamil Tanjavur temple complex Tillai tower Tungabhadra Tyagaraja Vaishnava Vellore Vidyaranya Vijayanagara Vijayanagara kings vimana Virupaksha Vishnu Vishnuvardhana Vitthala walls Warangal