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Odisha Temple Architecture & Cultural Economy

Odisha Temple Architecture & Cultural Economy

Overview

Odisha’s Kalinga temple architecture offers a powerful case study in cosmology, iconography, and maritime political economy. The Sun Temple at Konark is read as solar cosmogram, royal statement, and coastal trade symbol.

Students analyze temple typology (rekha deul, jagamohana), iconographic programs, and the relationship between pilgrimage economies and tourism-driven conservation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will:

  • Interpret temple typology within Kalinga architectural canon.
  • Examine maritime trade and patronage systems.
  • Evaluate conservation politics in high-tourism sites.
  • Produce a Temple Morphology & Cultural Economy Dossier.
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IDEAL DISCIPLINES

Architecture

Art History

Religious Studies

Heritage Conservation

Cultural Economics

Urban Studies

Key Locations

Bhubaneswar Temple District
Konark Sun Temple
Delhi Policy Context

Itinerary Table

Day Location Academic Engagement Learning Emphasis
1
 Bhubaneswar Seminar: Kalinga temple typology Framework
2
 Bhubaneswar Documentation workshop; measured drawings Field methods
3
 Bhubaneswar Iconography & patronage seminar Political theology
4
 Konark Sun Temple intensive study Monumental engineering
5
 Konark Conservation & tourism governance debate Heritage politics
6
 Konark Cultural economy dialogue Economic systems
7
 Bhubaneswar Sacred network mapping Urban sacred geography
8
 Bhubaneswar Artisan dialogue; stone craft traditions Knowledge systems
9
 Bhubaneswar Documentation studio Evidence
10
 Delhi Comparative heritage governance seminar Policy
11
 Delhi UNESCO & national heritage frameworks workshop Institutional scale
12
 Delhi Dossier completion studio Integration
13
 Delhi Presentations; departures Closure