BUILDING OF HINDUISM AND ISLAM
ASSIGNMNET #4
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITED BY:
Carla Ionescu Ravish Paul Chouhan
The two religions I am going to write about are Hinduism and Islam and I am also going to talk about the architecture of both the religions.
Hinduism:
Hinduism is an inimitable religion among the world and nobody knows when it came into existence. It is a religion that is followed in India by most of the people which was established four thousand years ago and it is the third largest religion in the world. It is well renowned now all over the world and due to this reason India has another name that is “Hindustan”. Majority of the language spoken in India is Hindi by the Hindus. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/266312/Hinduism/261618/Ashramas-the-four-stages-of-life#toc8970 http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Hindu%20Primer/hinduarchitecture.html http://www.allaboutreligion.org/history-of-hinduism-faq.htm http://fengshui.about.com/od/glossaryofterms/f/feng-shui-vastu-shastra.htm http://pankhvastucentre.com/five-elements-vastu.html Architecture of Hinduism:
“Hinduism is a richly visual tradition, illustrated by its paintings, sculpture, and distinctive rangoli (Colors) patterns. Hinduism is additional than just a religion; it is a way of life” this is a true statement. Hindu architecture is based on “Vaastu shastra” which is the knowledge of structure. Vaastu means a building, structure or impression of a something. There are lots of books related to Vaastu shastra, which helps to build or buy a home and any other building.
Hindu architecture has two types of buildings: religious buildings and non-religious buildings like civic buildings, residential buildings and commercial buildings. In vaastu shastra design of building is a matter of deep concern. Vaastu shastra is similar to Chinese art Feng Shui. If the construction of building is done in a wrong way it can cause unhappiness,