{"id":1426,"date":"2022-10-10T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T07:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T07:11:34","slug":"beyond_secular_cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/beyond_secular_cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Secular Cities: Temples As An Urban Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1426\" class=\"elementor elementor-1426\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2adc7ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2adc7ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17d55b0\" data-id=\"17d55b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45fb10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e45fb10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/culture\/beyond-secular-cities-temples-as-an-urban-experience\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Secular Cities:  Temples As An Urban Experience<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4ba4fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4ba4fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8211;\u00a0 Jyotirmaya Tripathy<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7282b20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7282b20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81ba9a7\" data-id=\"81ba9a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8363a elementor-widget 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https:\/\/hss.iitm.ac.in\/ciks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swarajya_2022-06_d8107375-1307-4fca-a67b-614b06f13f84_Sree_Padmanabha_Swamy_Temple-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83cf6ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83cf6ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c910e1a\" data-id=\"c910e1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03127b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03127b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"_1ndoe\"><h5>Snapshot<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"lRxtW\"><ul><li><div class=\"story-element story-element-text story-element-text-summary\"><div><p>The transition of the city from the abode of Gods to the space of reason and money is a recent phenomenon that was guided by the advent of industrialisation, instrumental modernity, and mercantilism.<\/p><p>However, this supposed contradiction of urban life and religion, even in modern Western cities, is more of a convention (or even convenience) rather than any field-based evidence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0655fca elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0655fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45d0a75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45d0a75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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