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Nehru Trust Awards
Renuka Sangappa Kadapatti

The Silharas of Kohlapur, A survey of temples in Kohlapur and vicinity

Small Study and Research Grant (India)
1998

This project built on my MA dissertation (MS University of Baroda) "the Koppesvara temple at Khidrapur: a study of architectural renovations". That work focused on the stylisc analysis of the temple architecture. A large number of temples of this period have been destroyed or perished over time, and there was a clear need to develop more detailed documentation of the Kolhapur area in the Sikhara period. This grant allowed me to make a start with this work. I hope (2001) to undertake the study of the architecture of the Northern and Southern Konkan for a PhD.

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Nehru Trust Awards
Smitha Cariappa

Artistic expression of the Kodavas through artifacts, ritual and performance

Small Study and Research Grant (India)
1996

The grant helped me to understand the ethnic culture of the Kodavas (Kodagu, Karnataka)  and largely exposed me to the rural environment, paving the way to the use of natural materials, pigments, cloth for my growing practive of installation and site-specific work. I was awarded the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Award and was artist-in residence at the University of Newcastle in 1997-8.

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Nehru Trust Awards
Dr Rangachar Vasantha

Krishnadevaraya Wodeyar III's contributions to the field of board games and chess  

Small Study and Research Grant (UK)
2002

The grant was to secure research materials relating to the contribution of Krishnadevaraya Wodeyar III made to the field of board games and chess, from  the V&A Museum, the British Museum and the British Library, in London.