Sembiyan prayed to Nataraja, a hitherto little-known form of Hindu god Shiva as the King of Dance, and all her temples featured him prominently. The trend caught on. Today Nataraja is one of the most ...

Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval ...

Researchers in Athens use advanced geophysical techniques to uncover hidden tunnels and drainage systems beneath the Temple ...

Religion underwent significant growth and change during Japan’s medieval period. The major Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines controlled estates in the provinces. In earlier times, they relied on the ...

Statues of Nandi, elephants, yalis along with pillars, pavilions and broken sculpture parts form part of the open-air museum ...

If you look at medieval Deccan temples... usually when a Deccan temple is set up, there is a foundation inscription and that's it. All the other records of the temple - about various donations ...

KYOTO–--A razor related to a medieval saint will be displayed for ... A ceremony was held at Shoren-in temple here on March 14 to loan the razor to Higashi Honganji temple, where the historic ...

The Cholas, as Kanisetti discovered while writing his previous book Lords of the Deccan, were game-changers in the medieval world. Their unprecedented military conquests, temple-building grandeur ...

Medieval Tamil metalwork, produced for Chola-period temples, is perhaps the finest ever made by human hand, the artists rivalling Michelangelo or Donatello for their appreciation of the human figure.