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PRESENTATION
LIBRARY
Yogacintāmaṇi Workshop
17 MARCH 23
From 13th to 17th March, a hybrid reading workshop was held devoted to studying parts of a forthcoming edition of Śivānandasarasvatī’s Yogacintāmaṇi, a lengthy  ...
Some of the participants at Parkadal
Some of the participants at Parkadal
Workshop of the project “Hindu Temple Legends in South India”
27 FEBRUARY 23
From 27th February to 3rd March a Workshop will be held in Pondicherry with the theme “Narratives on the Yathoktakārī Perumāḷ Temple” as part of the newly  ...
21st Classical Tamil Winter Seminar
13 FEBRUARY 23
The 21st  Classical Tamil Winter Seminar (CTWS , "Classical Tamil Winter Seminar" will take place at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO rom February 13 to 24, 2023, led by Eva  ...
Śivadharma Workshop from 6th to 10th February
06 FEBRUARY 23
A hybrid reading workshop is to be held in Pondicherry from 6th to 10th February as part of the Śivadharma project (ERC Grant n°803624). Three sessions per day will be devoted  ...
DHARMA workshop on Education
30 JANUARY 23
A workshop of the DHARMA project (ERC Grant No. 809994) will take place from January 30 to February 3, 2023, at the EFEO's Pondicherry Center: see  ...
Workshop in Honour of Professor K. Nachimuthu
29 AUGUST 22
A two-day hybrid workshop was held in honour of Professor K. Nachimuthu in the Library on 29th and 30th August, organised by Indra Manuel. Presentations on a wide variety of topics  ...
Classical Tamil Winter School 2020
10 FEBRUARY 20
A very special CTWS this year. From Monday, 10th of February to Friday 6th of March 2020 we will assemble in the Pondicherry centre of the EFEO for a month of intensive reading of the  ...
Śivadharma Workshop 2020
28 JANUARY 20
As part of the Śivadharma Project (“Translocal Identities: The Śivadharma and the Making of Regional Religious Traditions in Premodern South Asia”) a 5-year  ...
Networks of Temples and Networks of Texts in South India
20 JANUARY 20
This workshop, organised by Ute Hüsken, Jonas Buchholz, both from the University of Heidelberg, will take place from 20 to 26 January 2020, within the framework of the  ...
“Constructions of meaning: semantics, interpretation, argumentation”
25 FEBRUARY 19
Workshop in compared philosophy (India and the medieval West): “Constructions of meaning: semantics, interpretation, argumentation”On 25th and 26th  ...
Vedāntadeśika: the last NETamil Reading Workshop in Pondy
22 FEBRUARY 19
Vedāntadeśika's Cillaṟai Rahasyaṅkaḷ. The final NETamil reading workshop to be held in Pondicherry was devoted to reading parts of Vedāntadeśika's œuvre,  ...
 Beside the ruined seminary at the archeological site of Arikkanmedu
Beside the ruined seminary at the archeological site of Arikkanmedu
Iconological Workshop on the Goddess
15 FEBRUARY 19
Charlotte Schmid (EFEO) and Karine Ladreche (Paris IV) conducted a two-week peripatetic workshop introducing a group of students studying at various institutions in Paris to  ...
The penultimate NETamil Workshop
13 FEBRUARY 19
The penultimate NETamil Workshop is taking place this week (11th–15th February 2019) at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO.  The purpose is to take stock of all that  ...
Tenth International Intensive Sanskrit Reading Retreat (TIISRR) in Siem Reap
16 JANUARY 19
From 3rd to 16th January 2019 in Siem Reap, the EFEO organised the Tenth International Intensive Sanskrit Reading Retreat (TIISRR). Several Cambodian inscriptions were  ...
Vedānta philosophy as reflected in Sarvajñātman's Pramāṇalakṣaṇa
21 OCTOBER 18
Sarvajñātman is a well-known Advaita scholar, sometimes dated to the 9th century due to his assumed relation with Sureśvara, but more likely to have written some time  ...
10th NETamil Workshop
12 SEPTEMBER 18
"Tracing School Formations and Scholarly Networks." The 10th international workshop of the NETamil (ERC Advanced Grant 339470) project took place from 3rd to 12th September  ...
From Mukula Bhaṭṭa to Maṃmaṭa (readings in Sanskrit poetics)
26 JULY 18
From 23rd July to 10th August 2018 (11am-1pm / 2-4pm), a small workshop is being held whose purpose is to produce a new critical edition of an important Sanskrit text on  ...
CTWS 2018 Merumantarappurāṇam
26 FEBRUARY 18
During the second half of the CTWS, Krishnaswamy Nachimuthu is conducting reading sessions of a Jain poem, the Merumantarappurāṇam, in the afternoons.
Dr. Indra Manuel expounding the Paripāṭal
Dr. Indra Manuel expounding the Paripāṭal
Classical Tamil Winter Seminar 2018
15 FEBRUARY 18
In 2018 the CTSS (Classical Tamil Summer Seminar) returns to the old winter schedule (becoming once again a CTWS) and takes place in the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO for 4 weeks  ...
CTWS 2018
14 FEBRUARY 18
Jean-Luc Chevillard (CNRS, NETamil project) teaches the beginners at the CTWS.
CTWS 2018
13 FEBRUARY 18
As part of the CTWS, there are also classes in academic English, particularly for the benefit of the students from Tiruvarur Central University.
The Haṭha Yoga workshop inaugurated the New Reading Room, a space within the old building but that was previously occupied by washrooms and a storage mezzanine
The Haṭha Yoga workshop inaugurated the New Reading Room, a space within the old building but that was previously occupied by washrooms and a storage mezzanine
Haṭha Yoga
15 JANUARY 18
From 15th to 25th January 2018, a reading workshop of the ERC-funded “Haṭha Yoga Project” was held in the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO.  Several editions  ...
Victor D'Avella, S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma, Margherita Trento, Erin McCann, Giovanni Ciotti, Andrey Klebanov, Thomas Lehmann
Victor D'Avella, S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma, Margherita Trento, Erin McCann, Giovanni Ciotti, Andrey Klebanov, Thomas Lehmann
The 9th NETamil Workshop and the Mini-edition of the Classical Tamil Summer Seminar
20 SEPTEMBER 17
The 9th NETamil Workshop on “Glosses – Lexicography – Semantics” took place at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO from 8 to 12 September 2017. It was  ...
Vedic recitation at the inauguration
Vedic recitation at the inauguration
Second Part of 6th NETamil Workshop on “Āḻvārs and Divyadeśas – Vaiṣṇava Regional and Vernacular Voices”
03 FEBRUARY 17
The second part of the sixth NETamil Workshop on “Āḻvārs and Divyadeśas – Vaiṣṇava Regional and Vernacular Voices”, held on 2nd and 3rd February  ...
First Part of 6th NETamil Workshop on “Āḻvārs and Divyadeśas – Vaiṣṇava Regional and Vernacular Voices”
01 FEBRUARY 17
The sixth NETamil Workshop on “Āḻvārs and Divyadeśas – Vaiṣṇava Regional and Vernacular Voices” organised at the Centre from 31st January to 3rd  ...
S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma guiding a reading session
S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma guiding a reading session
International Workshop on Tantric Studies in Manipal
27 JANUARY 17
Four people from the Centre attended the International Workshop on Tantric Studies organised by Mrinal Kaul at the Centre for Religious Studies, University of Manipal from 23rd  ...
Ruptures and Breakdowns in Temple Life
07 DECEMBER 16
Valerie Gillet and Anne Casile (IRD / IFP) organised an international workshop entitled "Ruptures and Breakdowns in Temple Life" at the EFEO Centre in Pondicherry from 7 to 9  ...
S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma expounding a grammar of Telugu written in Sanskrit at the 5th NETamil workshop
S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma expounding a grammar of Telugu written in Sanskrit at the 5th NETamil workshop
NETamil Workshop on "Aspects of Multilingualism in South India"
05 FEBRUARY 16
The 5th Workshop of the European project NETamil, led by Eva Wilden, has been organised at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO from 2nd to 12th February 2016.  ...
At the Skanda temple at Kaṉṉaṉūr
At the Skanda temple at Kaṉṉaṉūr
The Archaeology of Bhakti III — The Minor Dynasties
14 AUGUST 15
After ten days visiting sites around Pudukkottai, the last session of the international workshop "The Archaeology of Bhakti III — The Minor Dynasties” takes place  ...
3rd NETamil Workshop – COMMENTARY IDIOMS
16 FEBRUARY 15
During the first two weeks of February the Third NETamil Workshop on Commentary idioms was conducted in the centre of the EFEO in Pondicherry. Reading sessions were guided by each  ...
Workshop "The archaeology of Bhakti - royal Bhakti, local Bhakti"
31 JULY 13
For more details, see http://www.efeo.fr/base.php?code=775
S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma (EFEO) participated in a national workshop on Bhattarahasya of Khandadeva
12 FEBRUARY 13
S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma (EFEO) went to Kanchipuram (T.N.) from 12th to 14th February 2013 in order to participate at a national level workshop on Bhattarahasya of Khandadeva. He  ...
Round table on the Pāṇḍyan cave temples
25 APRIL 12
Valérie Gillet has organised a round table on a study prepared by Dr. D. Dayalan (Director, ASI, Delhi) on the excavated temples of the Pāṇḍyan country. This event  ...
Caṅkam Workshop
29 AUGUST 11
The first Caṅkam workshop took place in the EFEO centre of Pondicherry between the 29th August and 9th September. Since 2003, the EFEO has been conducting a project of locating,  ...
Ninth Classical Tamil Summer Seminar
15 AUGUST 11
From the 15th to 26th of August, the 9th Classical Tamil Summer Seminar was held in the EFEO Centre of Pondicherry, this time for only two weeks, because it was framed by two other  ...
Garuḍa on the roof of the temple at Nemmeli (Tiruttani Taluk)
Garuḍa on the roof of the temple at Nemmeli (Tiruttani Taluk)
The Archaeology of Bhakti
01 AUGUST 11
The first workshop-cum-conference of a series called "The Archaeology of Bhakti" took place in the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO from the 1st to the 13th of August 2011, and was  ...
Professor Manidravida Sastrigal presides over the workshop
Professor Manidravida Sastrigal presides over the workshop
Professor Manidravida Sastrigal presents the Paramokṣanirāsakārikāvṛtti
09 JANUARY 11
From 10am to 4.30pm on Sunday 9th and Monday 10th January 2011,
Professor Manidravida Sastrigal of Madras Sanskrit College will give a
two day workshop on the notion of  ...
Detail of stone inscription at Sentalai.
Detail of stone inscription at Sentalai.
Workshop: The “Dark Period” (3rd to 6th centuries): a transition between “Ancient” to “Medieval” epochs in South India?
20 DECEMBER 10
Defined as "a long historical night" or "the dark period" by Nilakantha Sastri in his History of South India, the period which extends from the 3rd century A.D. to the 6th century  ...