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61. Photo 1000/30(3021)

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Photo 1000/30(3021)
Title:
Avadea Covill [Avadaiyarkoil]. Carved pillar in front of porch. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography '...a view of the figure on the extreme left of anyone entering, and represents the Narasinha or man lion, the fourth Avator of Vishnu, being the the form in which he appeared to punish the wickedness of a king who would have slain his righteous son...'. Receiv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 1000/30(3078)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/30(3078)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on left side of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'The god is represented in the left end as shown in the Photograph in the Varaha Avatar, or boar incarnation - the third of that god'. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1320. Duplicate at Photo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 1000/30(3079)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/30(3079)
Title:
Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on right side of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'The subject seems some incarnation of Vishnu [Trivikrama], and he is represented with eight arms, holding various weapons, but both the attitude and action look more like Shiva than this god. Its position, the emblems...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 1000/32(3281)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3281)
Title:
Close view of sculptural detaill on the façade of the Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebid. Photographer: Butcher, E.H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of richly-detailed sculptural reliefs of guardian figures and deities (including Narasimha). India Museum no. 1524.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 1000/69(5943)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/69(5943)
Title:
Sculpture of Vishnu sleeping on the serpent in the presence of the gods, Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Faded print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 1002/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/1(38)
Title:
Varahi image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Sculpture of the wife of Vishnu in boar incarnation. Described (with prints 36-37) in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473: 'Within the compound of the Subdivisional Officer's quarter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 1002/2(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/2(88)
Title:
Statue of Vishnu inside ruined temple, Damdama, Hazaribagh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from doorway, looking towards the image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 1002/25(1292)

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Photo 1002/25(1292)
Title:
Close view of two statues lying outside the Lakshmana Temple, Sirpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The figure on the right, a statue Vishnu lacking the head, is reproduced as a lithograph in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82' (A.S.I. vol. XVII, Calcutta, 1884), pl. xvii. Subjects = Hindu deities; In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873-1874
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 1002/25(1294)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/25(1294)
Title:
General view from south-east of ruins at Eran, Sagar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. A closer view of the ruins of the Vishnu Temple and the statue of Vishnu. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1423). Subjects = Hindu deities; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894-Apr 1894
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 1002/25(1298)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/25(1298)
Title:
General view of the massive Varaha statue, Eran, Sagar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. General view of the statue, standing amongst amongst the ruins of the Varaha Temple. In the background is the Vishnu statue seen in print 1294. This colossal statue of Vishnu in his boar incarnation stands some 11 feet hig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894-Apr 1894
Extent:
1 item