https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=R._NagaswamyR. Nagaswamy - Revision history2026-08-18T11:26:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._Nagaswamy&diff=315745&oldid=prevUpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)2022-05-23T11:13:55Z<p>robot: Update article (please <a href="/wiki/User_talk:UpdateBot" title="User talk:UpdateBot">report</a> if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)</p>
<a href="//en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._Nagaswamy&diff=315745&oldid=151166">Show changes</a>UpdateBothttps://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._Nagaswamy&diff=151166&oldid=previmported>Bhagya sri113: /* References */ Adding category2021-08-27T14:05:07Z<p><span class="autocomment">References: </span> Adding category</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder |<br />
name = Ramachandran Nagaswamy |<br />
birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1930|08|10}} |<br />
image = Ramachandran Nagaswamy.JPG | <br />
image_size = 200px |<br />
caption = R. Nagaswamy at a lecture in 2015 |<br />
|birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] |<br />
spouse = |<br />
religion = Hinduism |<br />
known_for = |<br />
living = yes |<br />
| order1 = Director of the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department<br />
| term_start1 = 1966<br />
| term_end1 = 1988<br />
| predecessor1 = [[T. N. Ramachandran]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Natana Kasinathan]] |<br />
influences = [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]],<br />[[T. N. Ramachandran]]|<br />
occupation = art historian, [[archaeologist]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Ramachandran Nagaswamy''' (born 10 August 1930) is an Indian [[historian]], [[archaeologist]] and [[epigraphist]] who is known for his work on temple inscriptions and [[art history]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He served as a Director of the [[Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department]]. He was also instrumental in starting the annual [[Natyanjali|Chidambaram Natyanjali]] festival in 1980.<br />
<br />
He is an authority in [[Chola art|Chola Bronzes]]. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/6-padma-awardees-are-pride-and-joy-of-tamil-nadu/articleshow/62658549.cms | title=6 Padma awardees are pride and joy of Tamil Nadu | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=26 January 2018 | access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Early life ==<br />
<br />
Nagaswamy was born on 10 August 1930 to [[Sanskrit]] ''[[pundit]]'' Ramachandran Sastrigal.<ref name="artsacademy">{{cite web|title=Biodata of R. Nagaswamy|publisher=Tamil Arts Academy|url=http://tamilartsacademy.com/rnprofile.html}}</ref><ref name="thehindu_19950224">{{cite news|title=The Achievers|work=The Hindu|date=24 February 1995|author=Kausalya Santhanam}}</ref> He graduated in Sanskrit from the [[University of Madras]] and pursued a master's degree in Sanskrit.<ref name="artsacademy" /> Nagaswamy obtained his PhD in arts and archaeology from the [[University of Poona]].<ref name="artsacademy" /> Nagaswamy underwent archaeological training under the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI) and in 1959, joined the [[Government Museum, Chennai]] as curator for art and archaeology.<ref name="artsacademy" /><br />
<br />
== Career ==<br />
<br />
Nagaswamy served as curator for art and archaeology in the [[Government Museum, Chennai|Government Museum]] in Chennai from 1959 to 1963. In 1963, he was appointed <br />
assistant special officer for archaeology for Tamil Nadu state and from 1966 to 1988, <br />
he headed the newly formed Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department.<br />
<br />
Nagaswamy made archaeology a very popular subject in Tamil Nadu, especially among children through publication of pocket book guides. He was also responsible for involving several thousand school and college students in cleaning and preserving near by historical places <br />
and monuments. He also popularized monuments by bringing out popular guides in the form of newspaper, priced at ten paise per copy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamilartsacademy.com/aboutrn.html|title=Tamilarts Academy}}</ref> <br />
He was responsible for protecting several historic monuments like the first-century [[Chera]] inscriptions at [[Pugalur]], the palace site of the Imperial Cholas at [[Gangaikonda Cholapuram]], the famous 17th-century [[Tirumalai Nayak Palace|Thirumalai Nayak palace]] <br />
at [[Madurai]], the 17th-century Danish Fort at [[Tranquebar]], and the birthplace of poet [[Subramania Bharati]] at [[Ettayapuram]] besides excavating the palace site of [[Kattabomman|Virapandya Kattabomman]] at [[Panchalankurichi]].<br />
<br />
== Honours ==<br />
<br />
Nagaswamy was awarded the "[[Kalaimamani]]" award by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] for his pathbreaking work on [[Sekkilar]]'s ''Periyapuranam''. He appeared as an Expert Witness in the [[London High Court]], in the London Nataraja case.<ref>{{cite news|title=The case of the peregrinating Nataraja |date=3 April 2003|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/04/07/stories/2003040700150300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103145822/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/04/07/stories/2003040700150300.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 January 2004}}</ref><br />
<br />
Nagaswamy has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in the year 2018.<br />
<br />
== Works ==<br />
<br />
* {{cite book|title=Art and culture of Tamil Nadu|author=R. Nagaswamy|year=1980|publisher=Sundeep Prakashan}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The sensuous and the sacred: Chola bronzes from South India|authors=Vidya Dehejia, Richard H. Davis, R. Nagaswamy, Karen Pechilis Prentiss|publisher=American Federation of Arts|year=2002|isbn=978-0-295-98284-7}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Facets of South Indian Art and Architecture|author=R. Nagaswamy|year=2003|publisher=Aryan Books International|isbn=978-81-7305-244-6}}<br />
* {{cite news|title=Democracy of a high standard — ancient example|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=R. Nagaswamy|date=10 October 2003|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/10/10/stories/2003101001421200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040105080504/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/10/10/stories/2003101001421200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2004}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Art and religion of the Bhairavas|author=R. Nagaswamy|year=2006|publisher=Tamil Arts Academy}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Monumental Legacy Series: Mahabalipuram|author=R. Nagaswamy|publisher=Oxford University Press India|year=2010|isbn=978-0-19-807127-3}}<br />
* R.Nagaswamy (9 January 2018). [https://giri.in/tirukkural-an-abridgement-of-sastras Thirukkural An Abridgement Of Sastras]. Giri Trading Agency. {{ISBN|9788179507872}}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<br />
* {{cite news|title=Call for professional approach to preservation of monuments |date=9 May 2010|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article425280.ece}}<br />
<br />
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}<br />
<br />
{{wikiquote}}<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagaswamy, R.}}<br />
[[Category:1930 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil history]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian archaeologists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian art historians]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Indian epigraphers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian linguists]]<br />
[[Category:Historians of Indian art]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields]]<br />
[[Category:Indian archaeologists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian historians]]</div>imported>Bhagya sri113