May 29, 2012

VILLAGE SURVEY-TEMPLE : SEM IV


 THE SRI SEETHA RAMA ANJANEYA TEMPLE

              
ISOMETRIC VIEW
GOPURAM 
                          THIS TEMPLE BEING 350 YEARS OLD WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING 1932 BY THE VILLAGERS BY THEMSELVES. FEW PEOPLE
DID MASONRY WORK AND FEW HELPED IN GRINDING GARE. GARE IS A MIXTURE OF LIMESTONE, JAGGERY AND FEW OTHER THINGS. BUT BEFORE 500 YEARS THE ANJANEYA MOORTHY WAS ALONE PRESENT IN A SMALL SHRINE.
KODIMARAM
                     THE RAMAR TEMPLE IS PLACED LONGITUDINALLY PARALLEL TO THE RIVER FLOW. A LARGE WOODEN DOOR OF 3m SPAN IS THE ENTRANCE WITH A PYRAMIDICAL SIKHARA AT THE TOP.
IT LEADS TO AN ENTRANCE WALKWAY WITH ARCHES LEADING TO LARGE HALLWAYS ON BOTH THE SIDES AND THE PATH LEADING TO THE GARBHA GRIHA. THE HALLWAYS ACTED AS MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACES WITH PORTABLE IDOLS (URCHAVA MOORTHY). THOSE HALLWAYS WERE USED FOR SEATING DURING FESTIVALS, PRAYERS AND CEREMONIES.THERE WERE JAALI WINDOWS AT THE TOP THAT ACTED AS VENTILATORS.
GOPURAN 2
                    THE CENTRAL WALKWAY WAS DOUBLE STOREY HIGH WITH NICHES, CORNICES AND PILASTERS. IT HAD VENTILATORS AT THE TOP PROVIDING AMPLE AMOUNT OF LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
AT THE END OF THE ENTRANCE HALL CLOSE TO THE VESTIBULE SPACE IS PLACED THE KODIMARAM WITH GARUDA STATUE AND A BALI PEETAM FACING THE GARBHA GRIHA. ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS THERE ARE TWO OPENINGS WHICH LEADS TO THE PRA DAKSHINAPATHA
TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TEMPLE THERE IS A SORGAVASAL OR VAIKUNDA VASAL WHICH IS FACING THE RIVER OPENING ON THE ROAD SIDE. THE OPENING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ORNAMENTED VIMANA.
TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TEMPLE THERE IS A SORGAVASAL OR VAIKUNDA VASAL WHICH IS FACING THE RIVER OPENING ON THE ROAD SIDE. THE OPENING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ORNAMENTED VIMANA.
                       THE CENTRAL WALKWAY LEADS TO THE PRAYER HALL. IT CONTAINS PILLARS THAT SUPPORT THE ROOF. THE GARBHA GRIHA IS ATTACHED TO THIS. THERE IS AN OPEN PASSAGE CONNECTING THE PRAYER HALL AND THE GARBHA GRIHA. IT CONTAINS THE OTHER IDOLS.


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                           THERE IS A SMALL SIKHARA WITH VERY SIMPLE ORNAMENTATIONS AND KALASA ON THE GARBHA GRIHA WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE

May 9, 2012

VILLAGE SURVEY-ANALYSIS : SEM IV


                                      RURAL STUDY ::

CLUSTER ANALYSIS :

THE VILLAGERS STARTED TO SETTLE AROUND THE OLD VARADARAJASWAMY TEMPLE IN CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR PATTERNS WITH THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS FORMING THE OUTER SHELL FOR THE SETTLEMENT.  A STREAM FLOWS WHICH FULFILLED ALL THE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGERS. AS THE DEMAND FOR WATER AND AGRICULTURE INCREASED PEOPLE STARTED MOVING TOWARDS THE STREAM. THE PEOPLE WITH AGRICULTURE STARTED TO SETTLE IN CLUSTERS NEAR AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH FORMED THE INITIAL SHELL. POTTERS SETTLED IN THE ZONE NEXT TO THE AGRICULTURAL ZONE. THE AGRICULTURE PEOPLE FORMED THE OUTER PERIPHERY AND THE POTTERS FORMED THE CORE OF THE CLUSTERS AND CENTRAL OPEN SPACE WAS UTILISED FOR INTERACTION, CLAY PREPARATION, DRYING, SHAPING, BURNING POTS, ETC.
   THE SMALLER GROUPED SETTLEMENTS COMBINED TOGETHER FORMING A BIGGER SINGLE CLUSTER. THIS CLUSTERED SETTLEMENT PROVIDED NOT ONLY PROVIDED SAFETY AND SECURITY BUT ENHANCED INTERACTION, WHICH CREATED BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PEOPLE.

CATTLED HOUSES:
                
               THIS CLUSTER HAD BOTH CIRCULAR & LINEAR CLUSTERS.LINEAR CLUSTERS FORMED THE MAJOR PART OF IT.MOST HOUSES HAD DIRECT ENTRY FROM THE STREETS WITH THE FRONT PORTION BEING ALLOCATED FOR CATTLE.
               THE FIRST SPACE FOR MOST OF THE HOUSES BEING CATTLE SPACE WHICH ACTS AS A BUFFER ZONE PROVIDING BETTER PRIVACY FOR THE INHABITANTS & ITS INTERIOR SPACES.FEW HOUSES HAD COMMON SHARING WALL WHILE OTHERS HAD SMALL NARROW SPACE NEXT TO THEIR HOUSES WHICH WERE UTILISED FOR  TIEING THE CATTLEIF THE HOUSES DID NOT HAVE SPACE FOR CATTLE AT THE FRONT.
OLDEST CLUSTER: 
                 BEING THE FIRST CLUSTER IT IS OF LINEAR TYPE WITH LINEAR PATHS CONNECTING THE HOUSES.THESE CLUSTERED HOUSES FORMED A RECTANGULAR  BOUNDARY. THE CENTRAL SPACE WITHIN IT WAS USED AS COMMON INTERACTION SPACE. AS TIME PASSED PEOPLE STARTED TO SETTLE IN THIS SPACE ALSO.
  THE CLUSTER SPROUTED FROM ROW HOUSES & BLOOMED OUT INTO SINGLE HOUSES HAVING SUB-ACCESS CREATING SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE. MOST OF THE HOUSES BEING OF LINEAR ROW TYPE THEY HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS WHICH IS OPEN TO THE COMMON SPACE.IF THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE HAD SEMI-PRIVATE ACCESS. THE OPEN SPACE & STREET ENDS WERE USED BY THE PEOPLE FOR TIE THEIR CATTLE. THIS CLUSTER CAN BE ZONED INTO  3 SECTORS.
  • LINEAR , AGRICULTURE , CATTLE    
  • AGRICULTURE                         
  • CATTLE 
NEW SETTLEMENT:
              MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE OF RECENT TIMES ARE CONSTRUCTED USING BRICK, CEMENT WITH MODERN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES.EACH HOUSE IS WELL SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY COMPOUND WALLS AND HAVE TERRACE.
TOP SETTLEMENT:  
                  MOST OF THE SMALLER CLUSTERS ARE FORMED AROUND A CENTRAL COMMON SPACE WHERE DAILY ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OYT. MOST OF THE HOUSES HAVE SEATING SPACE IN THE FRONT
POTTER’S CLUSTER:  
                    POTTER’S COMMUNITY SETTLED IN THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT WITH ALL THEIR COMMON GATHERING & INTERACTION HELD IN THE OPEN SPACES. AS THE GROUP BEGAN TO EXPAND AVAILABILITY OF SPACE SHRINKED & THE WORKING SPACE,OPEN SPACE,PATHWAYS & ROADS WERE USED FOR DRYING POTS, PREPARING CLAY,BURNING, SHAPING,ETC..THIS AFFECTS THE MOVEMENT PATTERN IN THE ROADS.
                    MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THE CLUSTER HAVE ENTRY FROM THE STREET ROADS DIRECTLY. THE ENTIRE POTTERY CLUSTER COMPRISES OF SMALL LINEAR CLUSTERS WITH SMALL SEATING SPACE IN THE FRONT OF EACH HOUSE.



                                   MASTER PLAN :

LAND USE MAP ANALYSIS::
           THE LAND HAS BEEN ADAPTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT PATTERN OF THE VILLAGE. AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED ON, THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRANSFERRED THE BASIC NEEDS TO MODERN NEEDS. THUS SPACES LIKE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, PUBLIC, SEMI PUBLIC, OPEN SPACE, ROADS, PUBLIC UTILITY, INDUSTRIES GOT CLEARLY DEFINED.


CIRCULATION MAP
              THERE ARE 4 MAJOR STREETS ALL ORIGINATING FROM THE PANCHAYAT TREE. THE VILLAGE HAS CULTIVATION LAND AROUND IT. THE 2 MAIN ROADS ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY AND OTHER WALKWAYS LEAD TO THE FARMS. THE SCHOOL STREET AND THE UDDANAPALLI STREET ARE TAR ROADS. THE REST OF THE SMALLER ROADS ARE OF CONCRETE. THE VILLAGE HAS OPEN GATHERING SPACES EVERYWHERE.


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