{"id":113617,"date":"2025-12-12T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/?page_id=113617"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:06:58","slug":"anand-kentish-coomaraswamy-memorial-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/divisionss\/kalanidhi\/cultural-archive\/anand-kentish-coomaraswamy-memorial-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"hdng\">Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture series, organized by the Cultural Archives Unit of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, celebrates the profound legacy of one of the most influential art historians and philosophers of the twentieth century. Coomaraswamy\u2019s visionary work illuminated the spiritual essence of Indian art, asserting that artistic traditions are not merely aesthetic expressions but embodiments of sacred knowledge and cultural identity. Through this distinguished lecture series, IGNCA pays tribute to his intellectual contributions by inviting eminent scholars and practitioners to explore themes that resonate with his philosophy linking \u2014 art, tradition, and metaphysics in a dialogue that continues to inspire global understanding of Indian heritage. Below is the list of lectures delivered under this series along with their accessible links for viewing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-2139043790\" data-view=\"list\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em em-list em-events-list\" id=\"em-events-list-2139043790\" data-view-id=\"2139043790\">\r\n\t<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"table table-bordered dataTable\" style=\"background:#fff;line-height:22px\">\r\n    <thead>\r\n        <tr>\r\n\t\t\t<th class=\"event-time\" width=\"25%\">Date\/Time<\/th>\r\n                        <th class=\"event-description\" width=\"75%\">Event<\/th>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n   \t<\/thead>\r\n    <tbody><tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td>\r\n               <i class=\"fa fa-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>  09\/09\/2025<br \/>\r\n              <i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>  All Day\r\n            <\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/events\/fourth-anand-kentish-coomaraswam-y-memorial-lecture\/\">Fourth Anand Kentish Coomaraswam y Memorial Lecture<\/a><br \/>\r\n                <p>The origin of Another Buddha Image By Prof. Naman P. Ahuja.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/invitations\/Fourth-Anand-Kentish-Memorial-Lecture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary of the Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u7G6hv6R4HY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<br \/> <i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <strong>Venue:<\/strong> \u00a0<i>IGNCA, Janpath Building, Janpath,  New Delhi <\/i>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr><tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td>\r\n               <i class=\"fa fa-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>  06\/10\/2023<br \/>\r\n              <i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>  All Day\r\n            <\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/events\/second-anand-kentish-coomaraswam-y-memorial-lecture\/\">Second Anand Kentish Coomaraswam y Memorial Lecture<\/a><br \/>\r\n                <p>Towards Decolonizing Indian art history Via the problem of Mimesis in the Citras\u016btra of the Vi\u015f\u0146udharmottar A pur\u0101\u0146a By Prof. Parul Dave Mukherji.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/invitations\/Second-Anan- Kentish-Coomaraswamy-Memorial-Lecture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary of the Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UaHId5vNXIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<br \/> <i class=\"fa fa-map-marker\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <strong>Venue:<\/strong> \u00a0<i>IGNCA, Janpath Building, Janpath,  New Delhi <\/i>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture The Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture series, organized by the Cultural Archives Unit of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, celebrates the profound legacy of one of the most influential art historians and philosophers of the twentieth century. Coomaraswamy\u2019s visionary work illuminated the spiritual essence of Indian art, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/divisionss\/kalanidhi\/cultural-archive\/anand-kentish-coomaraswamy-memorial-lecture\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span> \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0928\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u0916\u0947\u0902<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50281,"featured_media":0,"parent":310,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"Template-8.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113624,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113617\/revisions\/113624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignca.gov.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}