Gold and silver plated Kailasa vahana in Kumbesvara Temple, Kumbakonam, Tanjore District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1002 (2390), printed after the glass negative had been broken.
Silver and gold plated Ayudas (arms) in Kumbesvara Temple, Kumbakonam, Tanjore District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1002 (2391).
Silver and gold plated Brahma Ratha in Kumbesvara Temple, Kumbakonam, Tanjore District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1002 (2395).
Silver and gold plated Brahma Ratha in Kumbesvara Temple, Kumbakonam, Tanjore District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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A smaller vahana, in the form of an open-sided pavilion, with metal rings attached to the base for inserting carrying poles. Duplicate at Photo 1002 (2394).
Silver and gold plated vahana (elephant) in Kumbesvara Temple, Kumbakonam, Tanjore District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Large vahana in the form of an elephant, standing on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1002 (2400).
Back elevation of first entrance gopura of Kumbesvara Temple, Kumbakonam, Tanjore District. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the façade of the colonnaded corridor which runs to the gopura of the temple, showing the rear elevation of the first entrance gopura. Duplicate at Photo 1002 (2386).