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Article: Glimpses of Architecture in Kerala: Temples and Palaces.(Book review)
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- Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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GLIMPSES OF ARCHITECTURE IN KERALA: TEMPLES AND PALACES by Ramu Katakam, with photographs by Joginder Singh. Rupa and Co., New Delhi, 2006. 232 pages, illustrated in colour throughout.
Impressive as a Visual Essay
For a country with a rich and extensive built heritage, we have precious few serious publications documenting and presenting it in a manner that is engaging and insightful. Coffee-table books about the famous tourist centres abound, but a large body of buildings and spaces still remains under-represented in print even in the simplest formats. No significant visual survey that does justice to Kerala's extremely sophisticated tradition of ...