Give a brief summary of the temple, its location, and explain what you found striking about the image. Describe its place within the larger temple structure, and speculate about its importance for people living during the Chola dynasty.

Read Fred Clothey’s reading for helpful background reading, and Richard Davis’ reading, which will traces debates among Hindu communities about figural representation, its relation to the divine. After reading Clothey and Davis, I’d like you to visit The American Institute of Indian Studies’ “Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds” Gallery of Chola Temples (https://vmis.in/ArchiveCategories/collection_by_category/234). Explore the hundreds of magnificent images of one of India’s most prolific periods of temple architecture.Choose a temple that you find particularly compelling and your favorite image in its gallery, and write a description of it. Give a brief summary of the temple, its location, and explain what you found striking about the image. Describe its place within the larger temple structure, and speculate about its importance for people living during the Chola dynasty.And then, Peruse other students’ posts and comment on two others.