A leading scholar in Indian art history, Vidya Dehejia used evocative storytelling to delve into the rich legacy of Chola ...

Asia Society presents Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes, a rare assemblage of exquisite bronze sculptures in the first New York museum exhibition to focus on Chola bronzes in decades.

It is not a coincidence that Chola bronzes - especially Nataraja bronzes - can be found in most major Western museum collections. Scattered across the world, they are the remnants of a period of ...

This talk on Chola bronzes evokes several sentiments that are part and parcel of Indian identity, particularly Tamil identity. The talk is titled 'The Thief Who Stole My Heart'. This is the title ...

The MET's director and CEO Max Hollein on Indian art in the New York museum, the responsibilities and possibilities for ...

While the Bhakti Saints actually predate the Cholas, it's in the Chola period that you have these organized hagiographies that are put together. Bronze sculptures of the saints are made and ...

The Airavatesvara temple complex, built by Rajaraja II, at Darasuram features a 24-m vimana and a stone image of Shiva. The temples testify to the brilliant achievements of the Chola in architecture, ...

I am looking forward to an illustrated talk in Delhi on February 6 by scholar Dr Vidya Dehejia on Chola bronzes in their social and material context. This is part of an ongoing series of talks at ...

In its lamplit hall were 60 bronze sculptures, adorned with thousands of pearls ... By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public ...

Chola aristocrats invested war-loot into a wave of new temples, which sourced fine goods from a truly global economy linking the farthest shores of Europe and Asia. Copper and tin for their bronzes ...

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site [Getty Images] ...