TY - JOUR
TI - ‘Ekam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti’ – Inclusivism – the Idea of a Reformed Hinduism in the Iconographic Program of the Birla Temples
AU - Kudelska, Marta
AU - Staszczyk, Agnieszka
AU - Świerzowska, Agata
TI - ‘Ekam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti’ – Inclusivism – the Idea of a Reformed Hinduism in the Iconographic Program of the Birla Temples
AB - 
	The fundraising activity initiated by the Birla family in India resulted in the construction of more than 20 Hindu temples, commonly referred to as the Birla Mandirs. Although they vary in terms of architectural forms and iconographic programs it seems, that one basic and common theme remains - to show reformed Hinduism as a religion that is the pillar of the identity of the people of New India. It is understood at the same time as separate but also higher than other great religions, yet assuring a place within its confines for all of them. It is – as the authors argue in this paper - the practical realization of the thought expressed in the Ṛgveda(I 164.46) and repeatedly referred to in the Birla temples as ‘ekam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti’, which seems to be the motto of all foundations of the Birla family.
VL - 2021
IS - Tom 54, Numer 2
PY - 2021
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 109
EP - 129
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.21.007.14198
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/ekam-sad-vipra-bahudha-vadanti-inclusivism-the-idea-of-a-reformed-hinduism-in-the-iconographic-program-of-the-birla-temples
KW - Advaita-Vedānta
KW - Birla
KW - inkluzywizm
KW - Lakshmi Narayan
KW - współczesny hinduizm
KW - upaniszady
KW - Śiva / Advaita-Vedānta
KW - inclusivism
KW - modern Hinduism
KW - Upaniṣads
KW - Śiva