"Islamic Monuments of India" An Exhibition of Photographs by Benoy K Behl at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 10th-20th July 2012
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10th July : 6:00 pm - Inauguration by Kumari Selja, honourable Minister of Culture,
11th to 20th July : 11:00 am - 6:00 pm - Exhibition on View
Entry : Free
Place : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001
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Event Details : 'Islamic Monuments of India' An Exhibition of Photographs by Benoy K Behl.
India is an enchanted land, watered by streams of compassionate philosophies since
ancient times. There are flourishing communities here of the Islamic, Christian, Zoroastrian and
Jewish faiths, as well as of the Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina and Sikh faiths that were born here. There is a great cosmopolitan heritage of India’s culture and art.
India has a vast, rich and varied heritage of Islamic architecture. These monuments are a great
treasure of India’s culture and are of particular value as they reflect artistic and cultural links
with many other countries.
From the 12th century onwards, Islamic dynasties were set up different places across India. The Mughal monuments of North India are very beautiful and are well known. There were, however, many other important centres in which distinctive idioms in architecture were created. In the cosmopolitan environment that developed across India, many architectural innovations were seen. Guilds of craftsmen, who had hitherto worked on Buddhist, Hindu and Jaina monuments, now utilized their talent and skills to serve the new Muslim patrons. The confluence of local talent with inspirations from Iran, Arabia, and Central Asia resulted
in mausoleums, mosques, madrasas, palaces and fortresses that were unique in the history of Islamic architecture.
Mughal architecture of North India has been very well known. However, there is a fascinating richness of Islamic architectural heritage in other parts of the country, which has not been known very well. The vastness of India’s Islamic architectural heritage is almost unbelievable. India has more beautiful medieval Islamic monuments than any other country. This is a fact of which neither Indians nor the rest of the world are fully
aware.
It is well known that the most famous Islamic monument of the world, the Taj Mahal, is in India. What
is not equally well known is that one of the oldest mosques in the world is also in India, in Kerala. In fact, India has a vast and rich architectural heritage of Islam. From Kerala in the South till Kashmir in the North, from Tripura in the East till Gujarat in the West.
Besides the well-known Mughal monuments, this exhibition presents the exquisite mosques and dargahs of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kashmir and other parts of India. Far more than in the North of India,
it was in the Deccan that India received the cultural and artistic influences of Persia and of the Arab world. The many exquisite monuments of the Deccan display the confluence of cultures which took place here.
A view of the rich Islamic heritage of India is presented in this exhibition through the eyes of Benoy K Behl. He is a film-maker, art-historian and photographer who is known for his tireless and prolific output of work over the past 34 years. He has taken over 35,000 photographs of Asian monuments and art heritage, made a hundred documentaries on art history, his exhibitions have been warmly received in 28 countries around the world. Behl has been invited to lecture by most of the important universities and museums around the
world, who have departments of Asian art.
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"Islamic Monuments of India" An Exhibition of Photographs by Benoy K Behl at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 10th-20th July 2012
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