General view from back of Sarangapani and Someshvara Temples, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across tank of the Sarangapani Temple towards the gopura of other temples in the background (with the Kumbheshvara Temple on the right). Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (190). Subjects = Indian architecture
View from the back of the Sarangapani Temple looking towards the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the side of the tank towards the gopura of the Kumbheshvara Temple. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (191). Subjects = Indian architecture
Colonnade and gopura of the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. 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 1008/1 (180). Subjects = Indian architecture
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. 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. Printed from a broken glass plate. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (164), printed before the negative was damaged. Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
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 1008/1 (165). Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)