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From Trees to Towers: The Forgotten Continuum Between Sacred Groves ,Tribal and Vedic Roots of Indian Architecture

Author(s) Ms. Sushma Singh, Ms. Aastha Singh
Country India
Abstract Well-known monuments like the Brihadeshwara temple in Tamil Nadu or the Kandariya Mahadeva temple in Khajuraho are often used to explain Indian temple architecture's history. Nevertheless, this view hides the deeper, often untold story of how sacred places in India evolved from simple tribal altars and animistic groves to the sophisticated architectural expressions of the Nagara and Dravida styles. Instead of beginning with the classical Gupta or Chalukya temples, this study traces earlier sacred practices rooted in megalithic and tribal rituals, aiming to reveal enduring symbolic and spatial patterns. Evolving temple typologies are linked to evidence from Bhimbetka, early Vedic fire altars (vedis), Mauryan remains, and early South Indian megaliths. The article also claims that tribal and modern urban sacred practices are the source of many of the iconographic and spatial principles used in classical Indian temple architecture. The paper adds nuance to the genealogy of Indian sacred architecture by recontextualizing primary archaeological findings.
Keywords Keywords: Temple architecture, tribal altars, sacred groves, Sulba Sutras, Vedic ritual, Nagara style, Dravida style, Tantric symbolism, Indian archaeology, sacred geography
Field Sociology > Archaeology / History
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-06
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.47137
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9pzzr
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