Category:Architecture
Theme Analysis
The science of architecture holds a divine and ancient origin within Vedic culture. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that architecture, along with medicine, military art, and music, was originally generated by Lord Brahmā directly from the Vedas. It is a profound science, so highly regarded that even the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and His brother Balarāma formally studied the art of constructing residential buildings during Their pastimes as students.
Furthermore, Śrīla Prabhupāda describes the staggering architectural marvels of ancient Vedic history, which vastly overshadow modern engineering. While modern architects are proud of building with colored cement, great mystics like Kardama Muni constructed floating castles with floors of solid emerald and coral. Similarly, the great architect Maya Dānava built an unparalleled assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas, and the Supreme Lord effortlessly maintained a massive, glowing fort city spanning ninety-six square miles within the sea at Dvārakā. Moving from history to tangible heritage, Śrīla Prabhupāda points out the exceptional craftsmanship still visible in historic Indian temples, such as the sun temple at Konarka, the Mīnākṣī-devī temple in southern Mathurā, and the Nava-nṛsiṁha temples. Ultimately, Śrīla Prabhupāda reveals how this science must be utilized today: by engaging talented architects to design magnificent temples for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, thereby attracting the modern world to the spiritual beauty of the Absolute Truth.
- Divine Origins: Architecture is an original Vedic science created by Lord Brahmā and studied by the Supreme Lord Himself during His earthly pastimes.
- Mystic Constructions: Ancient architectural feats, utilizing yogic powers and supreme arrangements, far surpass the limited, mundane constructions of the modern age.
- Historic Temple Craftsmanship: India preserves the legacy of this science through remarkably engineered temples featuring intricate engravings and massive stone structures.
- Practical Application: The ultimate perfection of architectural knowledge is its application in designing and constructing beautiful temples to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness globally.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Architecture in the Vedic Tradition.
Pages in category "Architecture"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- As cities are constructed in the modern age with great engineering and architectural craftsmanship, so in days gone by there were neighborhoods called rsi-kulas, where great saintly persons resided
- At the present moment people are very proud of their architectural art, yet floors are generally decorated with colored cement. It appears, however, that the castle constructed by the yogic powers of Kardama Muni had floors of emerald with coral daises
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- Brahma also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face
- By His grace was the demon named Maya saved from the blazing Khandava Forest, and thus we could build our assembly house of wonderful architectural workmanship, where all the princes assembled during the performance of Rajasuya-yajna and paid you tributes
I
- I have already informed you that the donor Sir Padampat Sighania is ready to spend any amount for constructing a nice Indian architectural temple in New York and why not take this opportunity for spreading the mission of Srila Prabhupada
- If huge planets can float in weightlessness in outer space by the arrangement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, surely the architectural construction of a fort covering ninety-six square miles within the sea was not very wonderful
- It (Konarka, generally known as Arka-tirtha, a temple of Lord Surya, the sun-god) was constructed of black stone in the beginning of the thirteenth century of the Saka Era, and it shows expert craftsmanship and architecture
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- The houses were all illuminated by hundreds and thousands of lamps placed in different corners of the cornices, walls, columns, bases and architraves, and from far away the rays of the lamps appeared to be celebrating the festival of Dipavali
- The whole city was full of residential homes, assembly houses and temples, all of different architectural beauty. All of this made Dvaraka a glowing city
- There (in Southern Mathura) is a temple to Devi called the Minaksi-devi temple, which displays very great architectural craftsmanship. It was built under the supervision of the kings of the Pandya Dynasty
- There are eight other temples (in Daksinatya) also, and all of them together are called the Nava-nrsimha temples. There is much wonderful architecture and artistic engraving work in these temples
- There is a railway station on the South Indian Railway known as Simhacala. The temple known as Simhacala is the best temple in the vicinity of Visakhapatnam. This temple is very affluent and is a typical example of the architecture of the area
- There is also a temple to Devi called the Minaksi-devi temple (in southern Mathura), which displays very great architectural craftsmanship