The great Pagoda, Tanjore, from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking towards the sanctuary tower of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).
The great Pagoda at Tanjore with corridor on the northern side. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines.
Carved stone temple near the Pagoda, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the Subrahmanya temple in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines. To the east, a mon...
The inner gopuram, Tanjore, from the interior of the quadrangle. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of the inner gopuram in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines. To the east of the temp...
Road scene near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View along a palm-lined road, with two figures standing in the middleground and with a temple gopura seen through the trees in the distance. Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
The rock of Trichinopoly from the East. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of a view from the base of the hill looking towards the rock fort and temple of Trichinopoly (Tiruchirapalli), taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
General view of the Seringham Pagodas from the top of gateway. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View taken from the top of the (at this time) unfinished southern gopura of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam, looking northwards along the main axis of the temple complex, towards the gopuras leading to the central Ranganatha Shrine. For another view, taken by E. D. Lyon a year or so earlier f...
Two pagodas from top of the thousand pillared hall, Trichinopoly [Srirangam]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking across the rooftops of foreground houses towards two of the massive gopura of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Mundapum, with facade of carved stone horses [at Srirangam]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View looking along the façade of the great horse mandapa (Sheshagirirayar Mandapa) in the Ranganatha Temple complex at Srirangam, with two Indian figures posed in the foreground, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. This view shows part of the Ranganatha Temple, a sacred Vaishnava complex situated on...