[Kurma avatar of Vishnu and the story of churning the ocean of milk]
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Pen and ink drawing of The Churning of the Sea of Milk, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madurai style, c. 1801-1805. Each picture ...
Pen and ink drawing of Chandra and Surya, from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madur...
[The twelve signs of the zodiac represented on a square diagram]
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Pen and ink drawing of the twelve signs of the zodiac represented on a square diagram from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anony...
The God Shani or the Planet Saturn whose evil spirit is constantly dispensing ill luck & misfortune & hence mounted on a raven.
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Pen and ink drawing of the god Shani, from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madurai s...
The Ashta Dick Palager. Eight celestial personages or Demi-Gods considered to rule & protect the respective regions in which they are placed before.
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Pen and ink drawing of square diagram showing the guardian of the eight directions, the Ashta-dikpalas, from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.180...
Pen and ink drawing of Purusha Mriga and Kamadhenu, from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South I...
[Details from sculptures. A yali, some mythical creatures and a trompe d'oiel elephant and water buffalo]
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Pen and ink drawing of sculptures from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madurai style...
[Column decorated with an equestrian figure at the entrance of the Pudu Mandapam, Madurai]
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Pen and ink drawing of a column with an equestrian figure at the entrance of the Pudu Mandapam at the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous...
[Column in the Pudu Mandapam, Madurai, showing Tirumalai Nayaka with his wives]
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Pen and ink drawing of a column in the Pudu Mandapam at Madurai carved with the figures of Tirumalai Nayaka with his wives, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist w...
Pen and ink drawing of a column carved with a rearing yali from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple at Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the ...
