Hampi in Patterns

Hampi in

Patterns

Hampi in

Patterns

Particular Books An imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers 7th Lane Koregaon Park, North Lane Road, Pune, India www.ParticularBooks.com First Published in India by Sanjana Dawani in 2017 First published in the India by Sanjana Dawani, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York in 2013.

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Hampi in

Patterns Photographs by Sanjana Dawani

“There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns.

If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself.

What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized.

What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher.

What we can’t understand we call nonsense. What we can’t read we call gibberish.

There is no free will.

There are no variables.”

Survivor Chuck Palahniuk

Patterns give us an order in an otherwise chaotic world. There’s something fundamentally pleasing about seeing order in such a way that we know what to expect. Every place has it’s own set of patterns for the viewer to recognize. Patterns in form, although easy to recognize, aren’t the only patterns that define a place.

Patterns defined by the people living in that area through their habits, likes, dislikes and culture transform the way one would experience the place.

Following this introduction are a collection of pictures taken at Hampi, Karnataka that capture the essence of the place in relation to it’s patterns. Divided in two parts, the book portrays patterns from the lives and ruins of Hampi.

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Weaving patterns on various ceilings at the village side of Hampi.

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Patterns in Nature Though at first glace the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it. Nature forms its patterns based on the forces acting upon it.

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Patterns in the ruins of Vijayanagara, the capital of the former Vijayanagara Empire.

Vittala Temple is the most extravagant architectural showpiece of Hampi. The halls of the temple are carved with an overwhelming array of sculptures and patterns.

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Ceiling patterns at the Queen’s bath, located in the Royal center.

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The Stone Chariot is a shrine built in the form of a temple chariot. The shrine is built with giant granite blocks. The joints are smartly hidden in the carvings and other decorative features. The base platform is carved with mythical battle scenes. A series of cocentric floral motifs decorate the wheels.

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Hundred-column hall at the Virupaksha Temple.

The hall,which is filled with decorated pillars signifies figures of animals and other life scenes of the Vijayanagara empire.

The hall is one of the few remains of this form of Vijayanagara art.

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Patterns describing culture, religion and war Halls at the Vittala Temple each had a specific purpose assigned and portrayed carvings based on their function. These included carvings devoted to Gods and Goddess, the Vijayanagara culture and beliefs. Some carvings also included war and glorified the brave warriors.

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Hampi in Patterns explores the town in its details and its order. This work shows layers of meaning within the lives and ruins of Hampi.

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