TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ray, Himanshu Prabha
AU  - Pasricha, Amit
ED  - Department of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
TI  - Monuments
T2  - Incredible India
SN  - 9888183280737
U1  - 915.4 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Wisdom tree
KW  - GEN
KW  - Monuments
KW  - India
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Sacred
KW  - Indo-Islamic Architecture
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Pictorial works
N1  - Contents : Sacred architecture in India--Shrines as Monuments--Indo-Islamic architecture--On the world map
N2  - The book locates monuments in their social and cultural context and views them as religious architecture. The shrine was not only a place of ritual, but also a centre for religious festivities and discourses on ethics and moral values. The temple or the mosque thus evolved as a crucial link between the ruling elite and the community and through its wider network extended the religious domain beyond political frontiers. With the establishment of colonial rule in South Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries, the relationship between the shrine and its community was radically transformed. This book takes the reader through the gradual metamorphosis in the character of religious sites from being culturally pluralistic to a monotheistic religious identity. This interesting book highlights the genesis of the multi-religious identity of monuments in India
ER  -