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How I discovered celestial geometry

Novelist and architect Srikumar M Menon writes about his research into how ancient architecture incorporated alignments to the sun

08 November 2024, 18:33 IST

How I discovered celestial geometry

08 November 2024, 18:33 IST

Monkey Business at Aihole

Srikumar M Menon captures the mastery and mischief that could lie behind the carvings at the ancient temples in Aihole

16 May 2024, 02:17 IST

Monkey Business at Aihole

16 May 2024, 02:17 IST

Where the sun comes to worship

Srikumar M Menon describes the intricate and ingenious artistic details of the mid-13th century temples at Turuvekere in Tumakuru district

14 December 2023, 21:02 IST

Where the sun comes to worship

14 December 2023, 21:02 IST

A cliff-temple at Mahakuta

There are paintings in red ochre and white on the southern face of the cliff.

05 July 2023, 20:30 IST

A cliff-temple at Mahakuta

05 July 2023, 20:30 IST

A requiem for Hanamsagar

Srikumar M Menon captures the tale of one of the country's most unique megaliths — its legend, its purpose and its fate

23 December 2022, 07:37 IST

A requiem for Hanamsagar

23 December 2022, 07:37 IST

A paean to the sun at Badami

Near the Bhutanatha group of temples in Badami, unfinished carvings and a sunlit cave tell grand stories, writes Srikumar M Menon

16 September 2022, 07:33 IST

A paean to the sun at Badami

16 September 2022, 07:33 IST

Lithic melodies

Music from stones

14 May 2022, 17:55 IST

Lithic melodies

14 May 2022, 17:55 IST

Sculptors of yore

Pattadakallu's artisans carved living rock and could not afford any mistakes. The sculptures they have left behind are testament to their superior skills

11 March 2022, 23:12 IST

Sculptors of yore

11 March 2022, 23:12 IST

Nostalgia set in stone

On one of the smooth vertical faces, under an overhang, is a sketch incised into the rock.

04 February 2022, 23:43 IST

Nostalgia set in stone

04 February 2022, 23:43 IST

A slice of Gandhara in Kanaganahalli

The camel sculptures at Kanaganahalli shed light on the integration of artisanal traditions, writes Srikumar M Menon

29 January 2022, 11:19 IST

A slice of Gandhara in Kanaganahalli

29 January 2022, 11:19 IST