International Journal of Engineering Research

Manasi Chokshi ¹

Affiliations
1 IES College of Architecture, Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai-400050, IN

Abstract

This study explores the inter relationship between spaces and narratives. The primary methodology adopted is by collecting the narratives present in the temple complex-narratives of the art forms in some of the temple spaces. These narratives are further studied and disintegrated through the theory suggested by Vladimir Propp in his research ‘The morphology of a folktale.’ The analysis thus achieved is then mapped on a layout of the Meenakshi temple. And through this, it is derived that the space and the story have an interesting cyclic relationship- one does not exist without the other.

Keywords

Meenakshi Temple, Narrative Mapping, Madurai, Vladimir Propp, Stories, Culture, Interdisciplinary, Temple Art.

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