Hindu Arts, Architecture, and Culture

Ritual Arts

• Painting and Sculpture

• Sacred Music

• Sacred Dance

The Hindu Temple

Design and Construction

• Hindu Temple Site Preparations
• Hindu Temple: Architecture and Construction
• Northern (Nagara) and Southern (Dravida) Temple Styles

Significant Temples

• North Indian
• South Indian
• Cave Temples
• Khmer (Cambodian) Temples

Sacred Cities

• Banaras

• Culture in Banaras

Poets

• The Mystic Poet Candidas
• Jayadeva and the Gitagovinda

Culture

• Food in the Hindu Tradition
• Fire in the Hindu Tradition
• Kalarippayattu
• Turkaram