Jakkanna biography books
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Eternalising Cultural Memory Through Cultural Parallels in Literary Narratives
Authors
- Dr. Sumathi Shivakumar M.A., M.Sc., M.Phil, Phd Asst.Professor of English Agurchand ManmullJain College Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24113/ijohmn.v3i4.34Keywords:
Cultural Memory, Scultpture, Soothsayer, ArchitectureAbstract
Cultural memory represents the collective perceptions and creations of the distant past. Such collective memories are best documented and secured in Literature. What matters is not the real facts but rather the consensus of conventions shared by both the cultural history and the literary creator. However, literary narratives do not always give a compilation of such memories under a single wrap. It is on this distinctive point that Jakkana stands out in eternalising cultural memory. Basavaraj Naikar’s novella, Jakkanna is the retelling of the life and history of the Amarsilpi Jakkannacharya, the famed architect of the Hoysala dynasty. The plot is replete with events that have been happening from the ancient times. Parallels of such incidents that have endured to the modern times can be drawn from the two great epics and
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Jakanachari
Legendary Indian sculptor
For the Kannada film, see Amarashilpi Jakanachari (film). For the Telugu film, see Amarasilpi Jakkanna.
Jakanachari was a legendary Indian sculptor credited with building many fine temples for the Kalyani Chalukyas and Hoysalas.[citation needed] He is popularly known by the epithet Amarashilpi (transl. The Eternal Sculptor).
His life
[edit]Jakanachari was born in a small village called Kaidala, 9 km from Tumkur in Karnataka. The original name of the town as per records was Kridapura. His life was one of love and dedication to art. His career began when Nripa Haya ruled as a local chieftain of the area. [citation needed] He left home shortly after his marriage choosing utter devotion to god over family. He travelled far and wide building many temples.
Jakanachari and his son
[edit]Jakanachari's wife gave birth to his child, named Dankanacharya. Dankanacharya himself grew up to become a famous sculptor and set out to find his father. At Belur, he found a job as a sculptor and noticed a flaw in a figure sculpted by the great Jakanacharya himself. Dankanacharya told Jakanacharya that the stone which he was carving had a toad living inside which was a considered to be a flaw by the