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{{short description|Book by Nachiket Chanchani}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains: Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas
| image = [[File:Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains by Nachiket Chanchani.jpg|200px]]
| caption =
| author = Nachiket Chanchani
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Global South Asia
| subject = [[Art history]], [[architecture]], [[nature]], [[anthropology]]
| publisher = [[University of Washington Press]]
| pub_date = April 2019
| media_type = Print ([[Hardback]])
| pages = 288
| isbn = 978-0295744513
| dewey = 294.5/350954
| oclc = 1111898011
| congress = 2018012494
}}

'''''Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains: Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas''''' is a 2019 book by art historian Nachiket Chanchani, associate professor at [[University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]], that provides a complete historical survey of [[Hindu temple architecture|temple architecture]] in the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]] (also known as ''Devabhumi'', [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] for "Land of the Gods"), and explores how the [[Garhwal Himalaya|Central Himalaya]] region, home to many [[Hindu pilgrimage sites|pilgrimage sites]], came to acquire immense religious significance for [[Hindus]]. It is the first complete art historical and architectural survey of the under-studied region.

==Synopsis==
Between the third century BCE and 13th century CE, the region that is modern-day [[Uttarakhand]] acquired immense religious significance and became home to many [[Hindu pilgrimage sites in India|pilgrimage sites]], most notably the [[Chota Char Dham|Char Dham]], considered to be among the holiest pilgrimage sites for [[Hindus]]. Chanchani's book studies the many stone edifices and [[steles]] that were erected across the region, many in remote areas, during that period. The book charts the architectural history of the [[Hindu architecture|structures and temples]], the sociopolitical context in which they arose, and their effects on the surrounding landscape, including the [[Environment of India|natural environment]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas|author=Chanchani, Nachiket|year=2019|publisher = University of Washington Press|jstor = j.ctvh8r0r5|isbn = 9780295744513}}</ref>

==Reception==
The book was well-received and noted for being the first exhaustive survey of an under-studied region. Tamara Sears, associate professor of art history at [[Rutgers University]], praised the book in her review in the ''[[Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians]]'': "What makes Nachiket Chanchani's new book Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains such a monumental achievement, however, is not merely the fact that it brings to light a remarkable range of unknown monuments but also that it so convincingly asserts their centrality within the broader history of temple architecture on the Indian subcontinent." She goes on to acknowledge Chanchani's "rigorous fieldwork" and "close visual analysis with theoretical sophistication".<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://online.ucpress.edu/jsah/article/79/1/104/106897/Review-Mountain-Temples-and-Temple-Mountains|title=Review: Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains: Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas, by Nachiket Chanchani|first=Tamara I.|last=Sears|date=March 1, 2020|journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|volume=79|issue=1|pages=104–106|via=online.ucpress.edu|doi=10.1525/jsah.2020.79.1.104|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In ''[[The Journal of Asian Studies]]'', anthropologist [[Joseph Alter]] wrote: "Although the region is of tremendous importance in the landscape of South Asian pilgrimage and ascetic world renunciation, there has not been a comprehensive study of this sacred geography's cultural history until the publication of this beautifully written, deeply engrossing and insightfully interdisciplinary book."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains-architecture-religion-and-nature-in-the-central-himalayas-by-nachiket-chanchani-seattle-university-of-washington-press-2019-xiii-271-pp-isbn-9780295744513-cloth/278B79285AEFAD81FA408D23C9FB9DD8|title=Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains: Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas. By Nachiket Chanchani. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019. xiii, 271 pp. {{text|ISBN}}: 9780295744513 (cloth).|first=Joseph S.|last=Alter|date=May 18, 2020|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=79|issue=2|pages=455–457|via=Cambridge Core|doi=10.1017/S0021911820000078}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[History of Uttarakhand]]
*[[Tourism in Uttarakhand]]
*[[List of Monuments of National Importance in Uttarakhand]]
*[[List of State Protected Monuments in Uttarakhand]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295744513/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains/ Official page - University of Washington Press]

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[[Category:University of Washington Press books]]
[[Category:Art history books]]
[[Category:Hindu temple architecture]]
[[Category:Books about India]]
[[Category:2019 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:English-language books]]
[[Category:Culture of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:History of Uttarakhand]]

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