Abstract

The paper is an attempt to bring out the Vaishnava landscape of the area under study as it developed over the period of early medieval. Included in this is also the analysis of how the Vaishnava landscape start getting manifested through institution and structure over space through time. One would also try to see the art and architecture through the forms and pattern of patronage extended to them.

Key words: Vaishnavism, Patronization, State authority, Structural manifestation, Art & Architecture.