Genre: Architectural Photography View of temple gopura. Caption notes read: 'The temple, with its imposing gopara, appears to have been erected by Kempe Gauda in about 1570 A.D. The story of its origin is that Kempe Gauda, fatigued by hunting, rested under a tree and fell asleep on the present ...
Chamundesvari Temple, Chamundi Hill, Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards temple gopura. Caption notes read: 'The temple is held in great veneration by the Maharajas of Mysore. It was built A.D. 1128, and the Maharaja, Krishna Raja Wodeyar III, repaird the shrine and furnished it with a tower in 1827, and in 1848 ...
Sri Ranganathaswami's Temple, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of exterior wall and entrance gopura. Caption notes read: 'The temple of Sri Ranganathaswami is the principal Hindu building in the fort. It is related that in the earliest ages, Gautama, rishi, worshipped here. In A.D. 894, one Tirumalaiya appears to have ...
Chenna Kesava Temple, Belur, A.D. 1270. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing part of the richly-carved façade of the temple. Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Prasanna Chenna Kesava Temple, Somnathpur, A.D. 1270. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the main part of the Keshava Temple from the entrance gopura (east side). Duplicate at Photo 2/9 (37). Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples Location = India; Karnataka; Somnathpuram