Epic Narratives in the Hoysal?a Temples: The Ramayan?a, Mahabharata and Bhagavata Puran?a in Hal?ebid, Belur and Amr?tapura

This volume is a detailed exposition of the visual retellings from the Ramayan?a, Mahabharata and Bhagavata Puran?a on specific South Indian Hoysal?a temples.
The first part of the book deals with the Amr?tesvara temple, particularly its narrative panels depicting the Ramayan?a, Mahabharata and Bhagavata Puran?a. The text is a résumé of episodes paired with photographs which illustrate and review the visual retellings and explore Indian techniques of visual narrative. Corollary material from other Hoysal?a temples with narrative reliefs, including new sites, is presented in the second part. There are very few published contextual studies of Indian narrative sculptures, and so the book is a contribution to the documentation of Indian medieval art, examining visual narratives within the context of the Hindu temple. The book is illustrated with 150 photographs.