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Dr Y Subbarayalu delivering his Inaugural Address at the Krishnadevaraya Seminar

Dr (Sr) Anila Verghese speaking on "The Development of South Indian Temple Architecture"

Prof Anna Dallapiccola making her presentation on "Vijayanagara Paintings & The Enigma of the Virupaksha Temple Murals:

Welcome to the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute

The K R Cama Oriental Institute was established in 1916 through funds collected from the citizens of Bombay to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Kharshedji Rustomji Cama, the renowned oriental scholar, linguist, social reformer and educationist who passed away in 1909.

Being an amalgamation of several private collections, the library of the Institute is considered to be one of the finest of its type in the world and

is among the most comprehensive source of information on Zoroastrianism and Iranian studies.

This treasure house of ancient Avesta, Pahlavi and Persian literature along with books on oriental studies, consists of about 26,000 books, 2000 unique manuscripts on a variety of subjects and nearly 2,000 bound volumes of various scholastic journals. Read More...

Calendar of Programs

Future Programs

Date	Speaker	Title
Fri 10th Feb 2012	Dr Talinn Grigor	Burying Ferdowsi in Reza Shah’s New Iran
Thu 09th Feb 2012	Dr Grigor Talinn	Western Art Historiography in Iranian and Parsi Architecture
Wed 08th Feb 2012	Dr Talinn Grigor	Neo-Achaemenid Style from Parsi Bombay to Qajar Tehran

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Past Programs

Date	Speaker	Title
Fri 20th Jan 2012	Mr Daniel J Sheffield	Mulla Feroz (1758-1830): The Life of an Early Bombay Parsi Priest between the Indo-Persian Tradition and British Colonialism
Mon 09th Jan 2012	Dr Narayani Gupta	From "Protected Monument" to "World Heritage Site."
Sun 08th Jan 2012	Krishnadevaraya Seminar - Day 2	Seminar on "Krishnadevaraya and his Times- Cultural Perspectives"
Sat 07th Jan 2012	Krishnadevaraya Seminar- Day 1	Seminar on "Krishnadvaraya and his Times - Cultural Perspectives"
Sat 10th Dec 2011	The Sir Rustom P Masani Inter-Collegiate Elocution Competition	Annual Elocution Competition

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Mrs Avabai B Wadia Research Fellowships

Mrs Avabai B Wadia Research Fellowships in memory of Phiroz Dorabji Mehta.

The Institute is now inviting applications for the Mrs Avabai B Wadia Research Fellowships for the year 2012-2013. Research Fellowships will be offered to researchers in the area of Oriental Studies in the fields of philosophy/religions/culture/history. Applicants must be graduates from a recognised University. The Research Fellowships will be offered to researchers for a maximum period of two years, subject to their making satisfactory progress and sending quarterly progress reports.

Dr Talinn Grigor, Asst Prof of Modern & Contemporary History, Brandeis University will present a series of lectures on Political Intrigues in Iranian & Parsi Modern Architecture over four consequtive days, between February 8 and 11, 2012.

Dr Talinn Grigor is presently Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Brandeis University in the United States.

After receiving her doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her work on ‘Political Propaganda, and Public Architecture in Twentieth-Century Iran,’ Dr Grigor ta...
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Featured Publications

Parsi Portraits from The Studio of Raja Ravi Varma by Priya Maholay Jaradi
Price:$25.00

Journal No.70 (110 pages, 2010)
Price:$18.00