Hybridity in South Indian Architecture:  Islamic, Hindu and  British Colonial Influences.

Gill, Katrina

Conference Poster

Hybridity in South Indian Architecture: Islamic, Hindu and British Colonial Influences.

Abstract

By the start of the 19th century, India came under British Colonial rule. With this came the influence of architectural styles favoured by the Victorian rulers (Gothic revival and Neo-Classical styles) and brought rise to a further development of the indo-Islamic style, widely known as the Indo-Saracenic style. Buildings in this style can be seen as an attempt by the British Raj to connect with the existing culture and to legitimatize the British crown’s rule over India.