Contents
Preface v
Acknowledgements XIll
List of the Text Illustrations xix
List of Plates xxi
Notes and Abbreviations xxix
1. INTRODUCTION 1
The Classical Traditions 1
Topography 6
Ethnic Background 7
Administrative Set-up 9
2. THE ART 11
Miniature Painting 11
Early Mughal Influences 11
Immigration of the artisans from the Mughal Atelier 14
Mola Ram and His Times 17
Successors of Mola Ram 21
Effiorescence of the Guier Mannerism in Garhwal 22
Whether Garhwal School-A Pertinent Question 28
Wall Painting
Guru Ram Rai Durbar at Dehradun 33
Wall Painting at Kankhal 34
3. THE ARCHITEGTURE 49
Wooden Temples 49
Evolutionary Process 49
Mahasu (Chalda) Temple at village Jadi 55
Pokhu Devata Temple at Naitwar 58
Karna Temple at Deorah 61
Bhairava (Launkara) Temple at Shankri 64
Duryodhana Temple at Saur 67
Kapil Muni (Kapileshwar Mahadeva) Temple at Gundiyat Gaon 70
Shani Devata Temples at Kharshali 77
Composite Temples 92
Mahasu Devata Temple at Hanol 92
Bhagawati Temple at Lakhamandal 108
Stone Thmples 125
Introduction of the Style 125
Vishwanath Temple at Uttarkashi 130
Baleshwar Temple Complex at Champawat 136
Temples at Dwarahat 146
Baraditya Temple Complex at Katarmal 157
Jageshwar Group ofTemples 166
Talihat-Baijnath Group ofTemples 183
The Rakshas Deol at Talihat 187
Satyanarayan Temple at Talihat 189
Vaidyanath Temple Complex at Baijnath 191
Bageshwar Group of Temples 193
Bageshwar Temple 196
Baneshwar Temple 197
Appendix -1
Sorne other Important Stone Temples 199
Temples at Joshimath
Shiva Temple at Gopeshwar
The Significance of Pentad
The Panch Badris (Vishalbadri, Yogabadri, Bhavishyabadr,vridhabadri and Adibadri 202
The Panch Prayags (Deoprayag,Rudraprayag, Nandprayag, Karanprayag and Vishnuprayag) 206
The Panch Kedars (Kedarnath, Tungnath, Rudranath, Madmaheshwar and Kapaelshwar 207
Appendix - II
Ridgepole 210
Appendix - III
Wooden Canopies over the Stone Temples 213
Appendix- N
Lakhamandal Prashasti 216
Appendix- V
Chhattaris at Timli 221
Bibliography 223
Index 226