In the Absence of Jagannatha

The Anasara Paintings Replacing the Jagannatha Icon in Puri and South Orissa (India)

• Author(s): Eberhard Fischer, Dinanath Pathy,
• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Pages: 115
• ISBN_10: 9381523347
  ISBN_13: 9789381523346
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Asian / General , Art / Asian / Indian & South Asian , Art / Techniques / General , Religion / Hinduism / General , Religion / Hinduism / Theology ,

Description:... Documents samples of anasara pati-paintings, i e annually produced pictures on cloth which serve as temporary replacements for the then absent wooden icons in temples of Lord Jagannatha in Puri and South Orissa. In this book, the author reconstructs the history of anasara-pictures. This book in its first part documents samples of anasara pati-paintings , i.e. annually produced pictures on cloth which serve as temporary replacements for the then absent wooden icons in temples of Lord Jagannatha in Puri and South Orissa. In the second part of the book the authors