Banavasi. General view of the Madhukesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the twin temples, situated almost parallel to one another in the courtyard. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan architecture of the Kanarese districts' (A.S.I., vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), pl. cxxxviii (b) and describ...
Banavasi. Naga slab at the Madhukesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the naga slab, set within an arched niche: '...An upright slab of black stone upon which is carved, in bold relief, a naga or five-hooded serpent, while round the margin or frame runs a short inscription in letters which seem to belong to the second cent...
Banavasi. General view of rathas or temple cars at the Madhukesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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View looking towards three temple cars: 'Without the courtyard, and before the temple, stands a very large 'Jaganatha' car, and nearby are several small ones. These are all decorated and drawn in procession down a great broad street through the village on a certain day of the year, when the ima...
Annavatti. Interior of the Kaithabhesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along a row of fat, lathe-turned columns in the mandapa towards the doorway of the shrine. Another copy of this print at Photo 1002 (1999).
Tillivalli. General view of the Santesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Described in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan architecture of the Kanarese districts' (A.S.I., vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), p. 99: 'The temple of Santesvara...is in the middle of the village. it has comparatively little figure sculpture about it...
Tillivalli. Shrine walls of the Santesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of shrine walls and shikara. Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'The Chalukyan architecture of the Kanarese districts' (A.S.I., vol. XLII, New Imperial Series, Calcutta, 1926), pl. c. Another copy of this print at Photo 1002 (1993).
Tillivalli. Interior of the Santesvara Temple. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along two rows of lathe-turned columns towards the doorway of the shrine, with the linga visible inside. Another copy of this print at Photo 1002 (1994).