Architecture in Maharashtra: Tradition and Journey

Architecture in Maharashtra: Tradition and Journey is a 2024 non-fiction book in two volumes, edited by Narendra Dengle, and co-edited by Pushkar Sohoni , Chetan Sahasrabuddhe, and Minal Sagare. It is a loose translation of a similar two-volume work in Marathi by the same authors and editors. The work is about architecture in Maharashtra, and how it should be seen and understood in its historic context. From the pre-historic period to contemporary times, architecture is the focus.^[1] The work was commissioned by the Maharashtra State Board of Literature and Culture.

The first volume comprises essays by various authors. The second volume contains indexed entries of over three hundred sites and buildings in Maharashtra. The Table of Contents of the book is as follows:

Volume 1

Preface

Tradition - Narendra Dengle

Historicity

Architecture in Maharashtra: Tradition Crafted in Stone - Pushkar Sohoni

Paṇḍharapura - Vaishali Latkar

Indo-Saracenic Architecture in Maharashtra - Mustansir Dalvi

Beauty, Style, and Experience

Cave Architecture -Prakash Pethe

Architectural Awareness: Ethics and Aesthetics - Chetan Sahasrabudhe

Post-independence architecture in Maharashtra: Impulses and currents - Himanshu Burte

Social and the Personal

Māhulī - Minal Sagare

Syncretism in Folk Religious Architecture of the Koṅkaṇa - Smita Dalvi

Inventing the Public - Rohan Shivkumar

Housing in Mumbaī : A Morphological Narrative -Sameep Padora, Hussain Indorewala, Shreyank Khemalpure

Relationship with Nature

Water Management - Manas Marathe

Futures of traditional communities in Vasaī Virāra - Jacob George Jerry and Paul Aneerudha

Open Spaces and the need for Re-envisioning Cities & Towns - P.K. Das with Samarth Das

Field notes

Māḍiā Goṇḍa Settlements in Gaḍaciroḷī - Ujwala Chakradev, Renuka Chutke Chakradev

Castles and Forts - Narendra Dengle, Pushkar Sohoni

Mosque and ‘īdgāhs - Pushkar Sohoni

The ‘Vāḍā’ of Maharashtra: A unique cultural legacy - Kiran Kalamdani

The Historical Importance of Five Temples in Maharashtra - Anjali Kalamdani

Water Architecture of Maharashtra - Manjusha Ukidve

Evolution and development of Sātārā city - Hrushikesh Ashtekar

Architecture of the Churches in Bombay (Mumbai) - Ainsley Lewis

Jewish Cemeteries - Ginella George

Hill Stations - Narendra Dengle

Railway Architecture - Pushkar Sohoni

Slums Rehabilitation & Affordable Housing:The Case of Saṅgharśa Nagara, Cāṇdivalī, Mumbaī - P K Das

Authors

Index of Marathi Architectural terms

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Volume 2

Journey - Narendra Dengle

Index Entries

Tradition (till 1947 CE)

1. Mumbaī

2. Koṅkaṇa

3. Deśa

4. Khānadeśa

5. Maraṭhavāḍā

6. Vidarbha

Journey Part -1 ( c. 1947-2000 CE)

Timeline of Index Entries

Journey Part -2 ( c. 2000-2019 CE) 371

Afterword

Institutes

Professional Bodies

Awards

Credits - Drawings and Photographs

The book has been received extremely well, both by the architecture community and also the press.^[2][3]