The book presents the results of research carried out in recent
years on the temples founded by the Birla family in northern and
central India. The material gathered by the authors and the
preliminary analysis based on it led to the creation of the first
publication of this type, not only in Polish literature on the
subject but also internationally. This is a monograph based on
first-hand material, presenting the whole of the Birlas' sacral
foundations – referring both to their importance in the context
of national art, as well as their functioning in the social or
political discourse on identity in pre-independence India. This
project run for decades by successive Birla generations constitutes
a highly coherent enterprise. The guiding idea was defined as
building foundations for the spiritual and political power of
modern India through a new reading of Indian tradition, in line
with the challenges of the twentieth century. The book is therefore
addressed to readers interested in India, particularly in the
interpretation and recreation of tradition using the medium of art.
The data presented in this book – representing only a small
fragment of what was gathered – and the subsequent discussion
open up new, extremely promising directions of research.
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