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Transformation of forms of indian temples takes place through adual process-time as well as space. This 2 patterns oftransformation, through time and in space reflect one anotherclosely. One of the richest traditions of temple building thatIndia has produced took shape in the 7th century A.D,centred inwhat is now the state of Karanataka, and lasted until the 13thcentury. This was one of the 2 main branches of Dravida or southerntemple architecture, giving rise to such famous temples as theVirupaksha, Pattadakal, the Kailasa, Ellora. The present volumeshows how to look at this great monuments, and make their complexarchitecture accessible. It shows how the formal structure of atemple makes concrete the idea of manifestation of the eternal andinfinite into the shifting multiplicity of existence and thelimitless unity from which they have come.


