Articles on Iconography Analysis
New Findings in Earth/Water Iconography: A Carved-Wooden Sculpture from Kerala
By Seethal C P · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2021
The Journal of Indian History and Culture article examines a unique wooden strut sculpture of a hair-wringing woman from the twelfth-thirteenth century Kadavallur Šrī Rāma temple in Kerala. The figure, part of a larger ensemble of twenty-eight strut carvings,…
New Findings in Earth/Water Iconography: A Carved-Wooden Sculpture from Kerala
By Seethal C P · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2021
The Journal of Indian History and Culture article examines a unique wooden strut sculpture of a hair-wringing woman from the twelfth-thirteenth century Kadavallur Šrī Rāma temple in Kerala. The figure, part of a larger ensemble of twenty-eight strut carvings,…
Kuṇṇāthamman: Transformation of Sapta-mātrikas
By G.B. Balaji · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2020
The Kuṇṇāthamman temple in Chennai, dedicated to a local family deity, reflects the transformation of the Sapta-mātrikas cult from folk traditions to orthodox Hinduism. The deity, originally a folk goddess, is now worshipped as a Tantric figure with…