@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna Next pages .. Leaving apart what happened in the Tamizh lands of Hoysalas, Somanathapura temple having Vaishnava sculptures alone can not probably be taken as an example of rivalry.
The antagonism may have persisted in Srirangam ( back from Chola days)
The antagonism may have persisted in Srirangam ( back from Chola days)
@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna Historian speak ;-)
*#Hoysala kings did not build many temples themselevs (just a handful, and majority by others)
*(Few pages later)Hoysalas spent all their money building temples (and thus cause the downfall, is you read betwen the lines)
How to assume these aren't biased?
*#Hoysala kings did not build many temples themselevs (just a handful, and majority by others)
*(Few pages later)Hoysalas spent all their money building temples (and thus cause the downfall, is you read betwen the lines)
How to assume these aren't biased?
@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna #Settar How the Hoysala sculpures were stolen from in-situ at various temples in Hasana dist, taking advantage of the poverty and helplessness of villagers to create the "Best display of Hoysala Sculptures" anywhere in the world. 😡😡
@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna I see this trend among historians to treat sculptors from historic times as uneducated. Why so? We hardly know what they read or not.They have left very little personal data.Records from these times show there were plenty of schools (or such institutions even back then)! #Settar
@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna Again, how true is this "clash" of sects? Sure, there may be an inscription or two indicating a clash, but there are far more number of temples showing Shiva-Vishnu at once place. Also, doesn't the Rudraprashna itself have Vishnu in there? #Settar
@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna #Hoysala rule lasted for about 300 years ( ~1050 to ~1350 CE) and within that time there were about 700 temples built. That is on an average, more than 2 temples per year!
@twistedlogix @TeamGSquare @MadhuraMandya @acharya2 @VVani4U @sathvik_nv @hmvprasanna Finally, here is the book cover - for those who want to read. It is available on archive. #Settar
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