View of the Olakkanatha Temple, a structural shrine above the Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography Described in James Burgess, 'The cave temples of India' (London, 1880), p. 147: 'Immediately above this cave is the fragment of a structural temple, which forms one of the most conspicuous objects in the landscape from whichever side it is seen. It is not, howe...
View looking north-east across Golden Lily Tank towards the east gopura of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-west corne of the tank, looking towards two gopuras (the east entrance to the temple is in the left background). Credited to Cole in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum:...
North-west corner of the Golden Lily Tank, Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the west side of the tank, with a gopura in the background. A small portion of the north gopura can be seen in the background at the extreme right. Credited to Cole in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in th...
Close view of the entrance to the Pudu Mandapa, Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view from the south-east, showing four of the sculptured pillars flanking the entrance to the mandapa. Credited to Cole in T. Bloch, 'A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorpo...