Choosing a Temple Architect

If you have ever stepped barefoot onto the cool stone mandapa of an ancient temple while the afternoon sun blazes

If you have ever stepped barefoot onto the flagstones of a sanctum sanctorum at sunrise, you know that quiet weight

If you have ever stood inside the quiet, cool sanctum of an ancient Indian temple while the afternoon heat blazes

If you have ever stood before the restored Somnath temple in Gujarat at dawn, listening to the Arabian Sea crash

A few winters ago, I stood outside the Sun Temple at Modhera early in the morning. If you have ever

If you have ever stood before the sun-drenched sandstone of the Sun Temple at Modhera or walked the sanctum of

If you have ever walked into an ancient stone mandir on a scorching afternoon in Gujarat or Tamil Nadu, you

If you have ever stood before the Sun Temple at Modhera or walked the stone corridors of Somnath at dawn,

If you have ever stood inside the cool, shadowy mandapa of a centuries-old temple on a scorching afternoon, you know

If you have ever stood before the sun-drenched sandstone walls of the Sun Temple in Modhera or walked the perimeter