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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.