A coffee table book titled ‘Evolution of temple architecture in Tamil Nadu’ and authored by Vrinda Ramanan and J. Ramanan, was released by Shiv Das Meena, the Chairperson of Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA) and Nirmala Lakshman, the Chairperson of The Hindu Group, on Tuesday (August 5, 2025). The book by The Hindu Group publications is a comprehensive historical study of the evolution of temples in Tamil Nadu, from rock-cut sanctuaries to structural temples.
This special coffee table book released during the inaugural of The Hindu Tamil Nadu Real Estate Summit 2025 in Chennai has 250 photographs, 75 sketches describing the evolution of the grand vimanas and pillars and 358 pages with richly layered historical narratives weaving history, architecture, art and devotion.
