Swami Vivekananda's architectural influences

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Wednesday Work-out session – On 11th February 2015
Presented By Partha Sarathi Ghosh

Swami Vivekananda's pilgrimage took him to many parts of Uttar Pradesh,
Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu. He
must have made profuse mental notes of his observations especially on the
architectural monuments like the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri palaces,
Diwan'I'Khas, palaces of Rajasthan, ancient temples of Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other places.
During his tour in America and Europe, he must have come across buildings of
architectural importance of modern, medieval, Modern, Medieval, Gothic and
Renaissance styles.To pay tribute to the multifaceted, all-embracing divine
personality of Sri Ramakrishna, he envisioned a great edifice combining
various architectural features of monuments in various parts of the world. It
was Swami Vivekananda's desire that the new temple should embody the
salient features of major temple architecture of different religious beliefs so
that every one who comes to the Ramakrishna Temple would feel at home
and realise the underlying principle of the universal brotherhood and religion
propounded by the Great Master.

Born
Hariprasanna
Chattopadhyaya
28 October 1868
Belgharia, Kolkata, British
India
Philosophy :Vedanta

To proclaim & make clear the fundamental unity underlying , all religions ,
was the mission of my Master. Swami Vivekananda

Entrance

Jodhpur Palace with its chattris and pavillions with semicircular chajja cantilever
projections. Note the similarity with the skyline of front facade.
Bengal Temple, Vishnupur, 18th century.

Entrance of Nasik Pandulena
Chaitya Hall (First Century
BC). Note its rectangular
entrance with horse-shoe
arches above.
Northern Gateway of the
Great Stupa at Sanchi,
Bhopal (First Century BC).
Note the three
horizontal curviform
architraves with spirally
rolled ends.

Section in perspective of Rock-cut Buddhist Chaitya Hall, Karle, Maharashtra (First Century BC).

Typical ornamented base of
a column in an old Hindu
Temple.
Capital of a column
from Orissa Temple.
Note the similarity with
that in the
Ramakrishna Temple.

Note the similarity with columns and arches supported by
double columns in Diwan-I-Khas at Agra fort (AD 1628-58).

Lakshmi on lotus at Kailash
Temple, Ellorah.
Buddha seated on lotus at Kanheri.

Inlaid statuettes of Navagraha (nine planet deities) on the circumambulatory path.
Note the similarity with those in the Statuettes of deities at Khajuraho Temple.

Dome of Maria Del Flore, Florence (AD 1300). Note the high dome and
top lantern. Also note the composition of the tomb at Alwar,
Rajasthan.

Temple of Khanderaya Maahadeo at
Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) built in 1000
AD. Note the high platform pedestal on
which the temple is seated.

I like to thank to the Tenet Systems Pvt Ltd ‘ s Management for providing me the
opportunity.
I would like to thanks my dear colleagues for being such a wonderful audience and for the
presence in every Prayas session.
I would like to mention the book for which I am very much grateful “A Symphony in
Architecture” and also Swami Tattajnananada ; principle of Shilpa Mandir , Belurmath.
I would acknowledge Google Image and YouTube for providing me the materials.
And last but not the least Mr. Debashish Saha , mentor for the support.

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