TY  - BOOK
AU  - Panchal, Helee Dharmendra (UA2210)
AU  - Pandya, Yatin (Guide)
TI  - Religious architecture and its manifestation in present times : a case of a Mosque (Also available on CD)
U1  - A TH-1294 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENTS
ABSTRACT  15
RESEARCH PROPOSAL  18
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO SACRED ARCHITECTURE  21
What is Sacred ?
What makes a place Sacred ?
Myth
1.1 SACRED ARCHITECTURE  24
1.2 PURPOSE OF SACRED ARCHITECTURE  25
1.2.1 Worship  25
1.2.2 Notion of worship in different faiths  26
1.2.3 Rituals  28
1.3 ELEMENTS OF SACRED SPACE  30
1.3.1 Transitional Elements  30
Threshold, Path and Plaza
1.3.2 Natural Elements  32
Light, Water and Vegetation
CHAPTER 2 MOSQUE  37
2.1 HISTORY  38
2.1.1 Direction of Prayer  39
2.1.2 Importance of Kaaba  41
2.1.3 Five Tenets of Islam  42
2.2 MAIN PRINCIPLES OF MOSQUE  44
Directionality  44
Collective Praying  45
Purity  46
Time  47
Transition  47
2.3 ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF MOSQUE  48
2.4 ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS  49
2.5 FORM OF A MOSQUE  59
2.5.1 Scale  60
2.5.2 Axis  62
2.5.3 Sequence  62
2.5.4 Symmetry  63
2.5.5 Interiority  64
2.6 EVOLUTION OF MOSQUE  66
2.7 REGIONAL STYLES  69
- Hypostyle Mosque  69
- Four-Iwan Mosque  70
- Central Dome Mosque  71
Turkish timeline  
- Indian style Mosque  74
Indian timeline
- Chinese or Southeast Asian Mosque  80
CHAPTER 3 MOSQUES OF PRESENT TIMES  83
21st Century
20th Century
CHAPTER 4 CASE STUDIES AND INFERENCES  93
1. Dadamiya Mosque with Jami Mosque
2. Sancaklar Mosque with Suleymaniye
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION  156
GLOSSARY  159
BIBLIOGRAPHY  161
REFERENCES  163

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