what temples SHOULD look like

[Thorntangle]

Pretty cool - thanks for sharing. I think this is an excellent example of the need to reinforce spoken description with visual aids. One could never do an average D&D temple justice with spoken word alone. So much mood and grandeur can be conveyed with one good picture.

I think it would be a good idea to compile images that would be helpful for D&D into an online database. Google Image searches can take so long to sift through for just the perfect picture.

 

[jgbrowning]

Me and Suzi went to India in 2001-2002, and its awesome. You can walk down streets and see people making sculpture for decoration right in front of you.

Its one thing i really miss with our mass production techniques, ornamentation is, IMHO, what allows we humans to interact with a structure. To turn it into art from necessity as opposed to just necessity.

Just look at the window below. Carved from a single piece of marble.... its even more pretty up close..

 

[talinthas]

it always makes me happy to see hindu temples built indian style here in the states. Too many of em are converted warehouses or churches, and i just don't get the same vibe there, ya know?

And yes, it looks like Hanuman and Vishnu, although i dont know why they would be gate guards. Where is this temple located anyway?

BTW, alsih2o, next time you talk to them, ask if its a shiva or a vishnu temple, and ask the origin of their community. North indian and South indian temples are WAY different.

great pics, btw =)

 

[alsih2o]

it always makes me happy to see hindu temples built indian style here in the states. Too many of em are converted warehouses or churches, and i just don't get the same vibe there, ya know?

And yes, it looks like Hanuman and Vishnu, although i dont know why they would be gate guards. Where is this temple located anyway?

BTW, alsih2o, next time you talk to them, ask if its a shiva or a vishnu temple, and ask the origin of their community. North indian and South indian temples are WAY different.

exactly, and this place is taking on an awesome vibe, they have invited me to come to a service so i can see the inside as well and you know i am all over that

the temple is just east of memphis, right at the edge of the county.

i will ask what kind of church it is, we tend to talk to each other as sculptors, not as religious folks, i will try and get all this info as well

 

[Benben]

Next Question...

Well after you've learned the Vedas, can you please ask them if there are any other temples like this in the US.

It could make a great roadtrip.

 

[talinthas]

Vedas. one d =)


And there are a bunch of temples like this. Livermore in california, another one down in southern california (santa barbara or something, i think), one in massachusetts near boston, one in central pennsylvania, and more spread out through the country. Generally they tend to be south indian style.

 

[jgbrowning]

there's one outside of austin TX. I went there a few times. very nice, they threw a mela which was also very nice. good sculpture also.

http://www.isdl.org/

joe b.

 

[Benben]

Vedas. one d =)


And there are a bunch of temples like this. Livermore in california, another one down in southern california (santa barbara or something, i think), one in massachusetts near boston, one in central pennsylvania, and more spread out through the country. Generally they tend to be south indian style.

The two d's was a typo. Really...

Thank you! This is the information I needed to make googling easier!

Livermore
Santa Barbara
The one near Boston seems to be in Ashland, but has no good web site.

 

[talinthas]

Ashland! i knew that was the name of the city!
I was at the consecration ceremony of that temple years ago. It was way cool =)