The Tamil gopura: from temple gateway to global icon
(2015)
Journal Article
Branfoot, C. (2015). The Tamil gopura: from temple gateway to global icon. Ars orientalis, 45, 78-112
The gopura is a tall pyramidal temple gateway that has been a distinctive feature of South Indian religious architecture for the past millennium. This essay examines the circumstances under which the gopura evolved within the Tamil country during the... Read More about The Tamil gopura: from temple gateway to global icon.