Architectural Triveni of Allahabad and Asphyxiation of a Monumental Dream (P.K. Acharya and his Manasara)

Abstract

The city of Allahabad has many histories and one of these relates to the making of its external appearance as seen in its monuments and building-both public and residential-which were constructed over a fairly long span of time from the time of the Mughals, including the colonial, down to the contemporary. Altogether, these seem to make up a triveni.I in the enterprise of architectural forms representing the Mughal, the colonial, and the classical Indian tradition. Of these, the las tone got snuffed out in the city even before it could appropriately materialize, hence the trive~ii metaphor in which a the stream that represented Indian classical forms cascaded little, except in fancy.