「融合寺院」の概要と成立背景 : ヴァーラーナシー旧市街(インド)における既存ヒンドゥー寺院を核とした増築現象に関する研究

Abstract

This paper discusses the outline and the background of the phenomenon named "merged temple", a composite building occurred by extension covering or wrapping an existing Hindu temple, frequently observed in the Old City of Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India), revealing their number and distribution, morphological variations, forming process and condition, and so on, through field survey and interviews with residents. Merged temples of various shape and degree are generated as a result of interacting of extrinsic development pressure and intrinsic characteristics of Hindu temple in the urban space historically amassing numerous temples.