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‘From all quarters of the Indian world’: The temple at Rameshvaram, Hindu kings and Dutch merchants (2023)
Journal Article
Bes, L., & Branfoot, C. (2024). ‘From all quarters of the Indian world’: The temple at Rameshvaram, Hindu kings and Dutch merchants. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 34(2), 325-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186323000329

On Rameshvaram island in the south-east corner of India lies one of Hinduism's most important temples—the Rāmanāthasvāmi, one of the four dhams (‘holy abodes’) and the site of two Śiva-liṅgas said to have been consecrated by Rāma himself. A temple ha... Read More about ‘From all quarters of the Indian world’: The temple at Rameshvaram, Hindu kings and Dutch merchants.

Centralisation and Manipulation of the Art Scene: Development of the Government-Sponsored Juried Art Exhibition Kanten in Japan 1907-1923, and in Choson in the 1920s (2023)
Thesis
Valentova, N. Centralisation and Manipulation of the Art Scene: Development of the Government-Sponsored Juried Art Exhibition Kanten in Japan 1907-1923, and in Choson in the 1920s. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is the first critical examination of the Kanten as an institution. Mirroring the national French salon, it differed from the large-scale export-driven national expositions or small exhibitions of the private art associations, creating an... Read More about Centralisation and Manipulation of the Art Scene: Development of the Government-Sponsored Juried Art Exhibition Kanten in Japan 1907-1923, and in Choson in the 1920s.

Tirthas, temples and the architecture of Hindu pilgrimage (2022)
Book Chapter
Branfoot, C. (2022). Tirthas, temples and the architecture of Hindu pilgrimage. In H. Prabha Ray, S. Kulshreshtha, & U. Suvrathan (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Hindu Temples: Materiality, Social History and Practice (197-217). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003097709-15

Pilgrimage is a popular ritual practice shared by many of the religions of South Asia. Many Hindus consider the power of deities to be greater at specific places and it is to these locations that many Hindus journey to on pilgrimage. This chapter wil... Read More about Tirthas, temples and the architecture of Hindu pilgrimage.

The Mandapam in Nayaka South India (2022)
Book Chapter
Branfoot, C. (2022). The Mandapam in Nayaka South India. In D. Mason (Ed.), Storied Stone: Reframing the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s South Indian Temple Hall (82-93). Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press

Buddhismus und Jainismus in der tamilischen Kulturgeschichte [Buddhism and Jainism in Tamil Cultural History] (2022)
Book Chapter
Branfoot, C. (2022). Buddhismus und Jainismus in der tamilischen Kulturgeschichte [Buddhism and Jainism in Tamil Cultural History]. In G. Noack, M. Muthukumaraswamy, & L. Priester-Lasch (Eds.), Von Liebe und Krieg: Tamilische Geschichte(n) aus Indien und der Welt [Of Love and War: Tamil (Hi-)Stories in India and the World] (166-175). Linden-Museum Stuttgart und Sandstein Verlag

Early Silk Road Photography: An Analysis of Dr. Maynard Owen Williams’ Photographs taken during the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition (1931-1932) (2022)
Thesis
Nolan, M. S. S. M. Early Silk Road Photography: An Analysis of Dr. Maynard Owen Williams’ Photographs taken during the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition (1931-1932). (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis provides the first overview of the genre of Early Silk Road Photography and the first in-depth study of a key figure who contributed to it, Maynard Owen Williams. It analyses Williams’ photographs taken during the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asi... Read More about Early Silk Road Photography: An Analysis of Dr. Maynard Owen Williams’ Photographs taken during the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition (1931-1932).

Power, Processions and the Festival Architecture of the Tamil temple (2020)
Book Chapter
Branfoot, C. (2020). Power, Processions and the Festival Architecture of the Tamil temple. In H. Albery, J.-U. Hartmann, & H. Prabha Ray (Eds.), Power, Presence and Space: South Asian Rituals in Archaeological Context (164-187). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003083832-9

Processions are a central element of the ritual lives of Tamil temples, occasions when portable metal images of the deities (utsavamurtis) are carried beyond the confines of their home shrine. Such processions are the ritual performance of spatially-... Read More about Power, Processions and the Festival Architecture of the Tamil temple.

Proposing Digital Models For The Discussion Of Contested Conservation Practice: Case Studies From Tamil Nadu, India (2019)
Journal Article
Prizeman, O., Branfoot, C., Rao, K., & Hardy, A. (2019). Proposing Digital Models For The Discussion Of Contested Conservation Practice: Case Studies From Tamil Nadu, India. ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, IV-2/W, 133-140. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-2-W6-133-2019

This paper explores the potential for digital surveys to mediate as tools in a complex arena. As increased wealth and continuous religious practice have supported the energetic maintenance and renovation of temple buildings in Tamil Nadu justified by... Read More about Proposing Digital Models For The Discussion Of Contested Conservation Practice: Case Studies From Tamil Nadu, India.

Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History (2018)
Book
Branfoot, C. (Ed.). (2018). Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350987579

One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in the early seventeenth century of portraits of identifiable individuals, unprecedented in both South Asia and the Islamic world. Appearing at a time of increasi... Read More about Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History.