Minor Hindu Deities in Andhra Pradesh : Proceedings of the National Seminar
Contents: Brief note on the national seminar. Keynote address. Introduction. List of contributors. 1. Hanuman Cult in Andhra-gleanings through literature and art/M. Krishna Kumar. 2. The Cult of Surya/G. Jawaharlal. 3. Sculptures and Bronze Icons of minor deities in Tirumala - Tirupati Temples/P. Neerajakshulu Naidu. 4. A rare sculpture of Revanta -- a lesser known deity of Hindu Pantheon in Birla Museum, Hyderabad/A. Sayapal Reddy and G. Kamalakar. 5. Minor deities in the Vedanarayanaswamy Temple, Nagalapuram/K. Reddappa. 6. Glimpses of minor Hindu deities in Golkonda miniatures/V. Meena Kumari. 7. Chandesa in Southern Andhra/V. Sakunthala. 8. Folk deities in the inscriptions of Renadu: A study/P. Bhaskar Reddy. 9. Ayudhapurusha -- Sudarsanamurti in the Tirumala Tirupati Temples/P. Neerajakshulu Naidu. 10. Dvasuparna from Krishnapatnam/V.K. Mohan. 11. Ashtadikpalakas on the Prakara Sculpture of Srisailam Temple/G. Venkataramayya. 12. Iconography of Lord Bhavanarayana - a study/A. Vijaya Kumar Babu, M. Veerender and M. Venkateswari. 13. Transformation of pre historic burial into village deities in Chittoor District - a study/V. Ramabrahmam. 14. Virabhadra in the art of Andhra/P. Hema. 15. Minor deities in the temple of Srikalahasti/B. Usha Rani. 16. Sculpture of Ganesa claming Ganadhipatya in the Chennakesava Group of Temples in Pushpagiri/V.V.S. Kumar. 17. Ashta Dikpalaka figures in the Virabadraswamy Temple, Lepakshi/K. Chitti Kalavathi. 18. Minor deities in the Kodandarama Temple, Ontimitta/N. Sivaparvathi. 19. Early Chalukyan Sculptures of Mahisasuramardini from Birla Museum, Hyderabad/Karanam Sudhakar. 20. Karttikeya in Nolamba Art/C. Seshagiri.
A significant feature of this volume is the study of the cult and iconography of Minor Hindu Deities in Andhra Pradesh which played no less important role in the life and beliefs of the common people. This volume contains 20 latest research papers by scholars of repute on minor Hindu Deities like Surya, Hanuman, Garuda, Vishwaksena, Suidarsanamurti, Revanta, Virabhadra, Ganesa, Chandesa, Mahisasuramardini, Karttikeya and folk deities.
The papers included in the volume bring to light for the first time new literary, epigraphic, numismatic, sculptural and iconographical data relating to minor deities which are not studied critically so far. This volume is bound to be useful not only to the serious art historians engaged in the study of Minor Hindu Deities but also the readers on Indian Hindu Duties.
A significant feature of this volume is the study of the cult and iconography of Minor Hindu Deities in Andhra Pradesh which played no less important role in the life and beliefs of the common people. This volume contains 20 latest research papers by scholars of repute on minor Hindu Deities like Surya, Hanuman, Garuda, Vishwaksena, Suidarsanamurti, Revanta, Virabhadra, Ganesa, Chandesa, Mahisasuramardini, Karttikeya and folk deities.
The papers included in the volume bring to light for the first time new literary, epigraphic, numismatic, sculptural and iconographical data relating to minor deities which are not studied critically so far. This volume is bound to be useful not only to the serious art historians engaged in the study of Minor Hindu Deities but also the readers on Indian Hindu Duties.
