{"id":2766,"date":"2003-01-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2003\/01\/11\/2003-01-11-new-delhi-s-parliamentary-library-based-on-hindu-temple-design\/"},"modified":"2003-01-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-11T12:00:00","slug":"2003-01-11-new-delhi-s-parliamentary-library-based-on-hindu-temple-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2003\/01\/11\/2003-01-11-new-delhi-s-parliamentary-library-based-on-hindu-temple-design\/","title":{"rendered":"New Delhi&#8217;s Parliamentary Library Based on Hindu Temple Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Manchester Guardian Weekly<\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p>NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 6, 2003 : The New Delhi&#8217;s Parliamentary Library designed by Raj Rewal, takes its inspiration from a Hindu temple. The library is the first major addition to the old capital since independence and Mr. Rewals&#8217; design appears to be adapted from the style and symbolism of the Hindu temple. The Hindu temple, which traditionally stands on a &#8220;tirtha&#8221; (a crossing place favored by the Gods) is a cosmic junction-box connecting man and God, a symbol of universal enlightenment &#8212; which a library is as well, albeit a secular one.<br \/>\n<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Manchester Guardian Weekly NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 6, 2003 : The New Delhi&#8217;s Parliamentary Library designed by Raj Rewal,,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}