The World Heritage Temples of Southeast Asia: The Bhadreshvara Linkage

Speaker: Professor Sachchidanand Sahai, Adviser to Angkor Archaeological Park and Preah Vihear under the Royal Government of Cambodia. Author of the recently published book Bhadreshvara: A Forgotten Form of Shiva in India and Southeast Asia

 

Chief Guest: Dr. Y. Sudershan Rao, Chairman, ICHR

 

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Professor Sahai  will present  the temple art and architecture  of Southeast Asia  on  the basis of his  past ten years  of field work  in the region. Intricately designed world heritage temples of My-s’on (Vietnam), Wat Phu (Laos), Angkor and Preah Vihear and the temple region of Prambanan in Indonesia will be presented as an inter-linked chain of temples, responsible for cultural cohesion between India and Southeast Asia. This presentation will take you through Southeast Asia, along its rivers and mountain chains to appreciate millennia of  vibrant artistic traditions and see for the first time    Bhadreshvara (Shiva), the Lord of the Mekong-Ganga and of the Indian Ocean

 

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Historical Research)