Shahjahan's Inexpressible Emotions

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Great is the Architect, who materialized Shahjahan's inexpressible

emotions into physical Monument which could not be better through any

other forms of Art except Architecture because the expression of the

inexpressible is most effortlessly perceptible & having a permanent

existence.But who was the architect of the Taj Mahal?

 

The above question emphasizes the fact that Traditional Indian

Architecture is overshadowed by Contemporary Modern Architecture.The

History of Traditional Indian Architecture is rich with milestones

starting from Mohenjo- daro of 2500 B.C. to Akshardham of 20th

century A.D. Click on thumbnails below to view full pictures and

descriptions of Historic buildings.

 

Some startling facts about Traditional Indian Architecture.Please

click on each thumbnail for more elaborations.

 

1. Traditional Indian Temples are built inch to inch according to the

rules of Vastu-Shastra (Ancient Science about the designing of

buildings) which is a part of the Atharva-veda (A sacred Indian

Scripture) .

 

Vastu- shastra relating to temples is based on Astronomy, Astrology,

Theology, Science & Sacred Mathematics. The lengths, the breadths &

the heights of various elements of the Temple are related to each

other by certain ratios The rules of proportion were followed even in

the Classical Greek Architecture where we find the Doric , ionic and

Corinthian orders about which Vitruvius had written in his text.Feng-

Shui is the Chinese counterpart of Vastu-Shastra.

 

2. The occult knowledge of the Vastu- Shastra is handed down orally

from one generation to the next in certain communities of India. The

owner of this web site also belongs to one such community of the

Sompuras. 3. Traditional Indian Temples of stone are guaranteed to

survive for 800 years unlike R.C.C. structures which are guaranteed

for 80 years. Traditional Indian Temples do not even collapse in

Earthquakes because of special construction methods employed. 4.

Seemingly miraculous yet real incidents are observed in Traditional

Indian Architecture.e.g. musical pillars in Meenakshi Temple, the

swinging minarets of Ahmedabad.

 

SOMPURA ARTS - SERMONS IN STONEOur organisation 'Sompura Arts' was

founded in 1965 By our Director Mr. Hariprasad H. Sompura. We work in

the following four spheres.

 

1. Temple Architecture: We design and build Traditional Indian

Temples precisely as per the Vastu-Shastra. By now we have completed

36 Temples for eg. Vasupujya Temple at King Circle, Mumbai Nityanand

Samadhi temple at Ganeshpuri

 

2. Stone Cladding and Decorative stone work on R.C.C. buildings: To

give a Historic look to a modern building we also do stone cladding

or decorative stone work on buildings like Resorts, Hotels, Private

Bunglows as per our design or the given design.

 

3. Stone Furniture and Mini Temples: We design and make Stone

Furniture, Mini Temples for interior, idols and grills as per our own

design or the given design.The items are on display at our Art-

Gallery in Mumbai.

 

4. Non-Commercial: To encourage the underprivileged sculptors and

craftsmen we organise award functions, exhibitions of their work and

arrange jobs for them.We have a Library and an Audio-Visual Room for

those interested in Traditional Indian Architecture and the

handicraft of stone-carving.