Aakar ke Prakaar - Tracing the Multidisciplinary Juxtapositions of Sacred Geometry, AY 2020-21

This paper aims to bridge the gap between the four disciplines: theology, ancient architecture, psychology and traditional Indian dance that ambiguously collocate with each other in our research on sacred geometry. The main objective of the theological aspect is to understand the importance of shapes in yantras and mandalas, referring to the ancient knowledge of shapes and religion. The architectural strand aims to amplify the significance of shapes and test the schism between historical religious cosmology and the modern scientific method affirming the validity of sacred geometry through scientifically foregrounded concepts of fractals and mandalas. The psychological aspect studies the scientific basis of mandalas and fractals. The performing arts segment aims explicitly to trace the shapes in the initially intuitive dance forms, Odissi and Bharatanatyam, and to lay the foundation of Shaivism.