HISTORY TALK "The World Heritage Temples of Southeast Asia: The Bhadreshvara Linkage" by Professor Sachchidanand Sahai at Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 6th June 2016

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 06/06/2016 18:30 06/06/2016 20:00 Asia/Kolkata HISTORY TALK "The World Heritage Temples of Southeast Asia: The Bhadreshvara Linkage" by Professor Sachchidanand Sahai Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/05/history-talk-world-heritage-temples-of.html Seminar Rooms 2 & 3, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Seminar Rooms 2 & 3, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : HISTORY TALK "The World Heritage Temples of Southeast Asia: The Bhadreshvara Linkage" by Professor Sachchidanand Sahai

Professor Sahai will present the temple art and architecture of Southeast Asia on the basis of his past ten years of field work in the region. Intricately designed world heritage temples of My-s’on (Vietnam), Wat Phu (Laos), Angkor and Preah Vihear and the temple region of Prambanan in Indonesia will be presented as an inter-linked chain of temples, responsible for cultural cohesion between India and Southeast Asia. This presentation will take you through Southeast Asia, along its rivers and mountain chains to appreciate millennia of vibrant artistic traditions and see for the first time Bhadreshvara (Shiva), the Lord of the Mekong-Ganga and of the Indian Ocean

Speaker: Professor Sachchidanand Sahai, Adviser to Angkor Archaeological Park and Preah Vihear under the Royal Government of Cambodia. Author of the recently published book Bhadreshvara: A Forgotten Form of Shiva in India and Southeast Asia

Chief Guest: Dr. Y. Sudershan Rao, Chairman, ICHR

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC International Research Division

Collaboration: Indian Council for Historical Research

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