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Subject Hindu Temples Place Madurai, Tamil Nādu, India

1. Add Or 5388

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Add Or 5388
Title:
Schematic representation of the Minaksi temple at Madurai, the lingam on the right and the goddess Minaksi on the left.
Scope & Content:
Schematic representation of the Minaksi temple at Madurai, the lingam on the right and the goddess Minaksi on the left. Inscribed below: ‘Cakranada sawmy and Meenatchy ummen at Madurai. 24.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

2. Foster 31

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Foster 31
Title:
View of Madurai, Madras. The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
View of Madura, Madras, 1772-73 The city is shown as viewed from a fort or encampment with European soldiers, the wall of which appears in the immediate foreground. Rising above the ramparts of the town are seen the tops of various buildings, in the centre the palace of Tirumala Nayyak and to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

3. Foster 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 34
Title:
Teppakulam, a sacred tank near Madura, Madras. A large walled tank, in the centre of which is an island with a temple. The town of Madura with temples and palaces is seen in the distance.. Artist(s): Ward, Francis Swain (1736-1794)
Scope & Content:
Teppakulam, a sacred tank near Madura, 1772-73 A large walled tank, in the centre of which is an island with a temple. The town of Madura is seen in the distance, and behind it a range of hills. In the foreground, figures of Indians,and Europeans in red coats. Inscribed: ‘F.S. Ward No.6’; on...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 Item

4. Mss Eur F138/59(34)

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Mss Eur F138/59(34)
Title:
Viceregal visit to South India: Madurai Temple. Photographer: Laithwaite, John Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
7-14 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F138/59(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F138/59(35)
Title:
Viceregal visit to South India: Madurai Temple. Photographer: Laithwaite, John Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Snapshot of the pillars in the Thousand Pillared Hall, Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
7-14 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 item

6. P971

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P971
Title:
Une pagoda à Madurai. (Juillet 1841.) [The Teppakulam tank.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of the The Teppakulam tank at Madurai by L.H. Rudder after the original drawing by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of 1841 and dated 1848.The temple city of Madurai is dominated by the imposing complex of Minakshi Sundareshvara, one of the major architectural achievements of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

7. Photo 15/4(36)

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Photo 15/4(36)
Title:
Southern gopuram, front view, Madura. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; Elgin Collection; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 27(51)

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Photo 27(51)
Title:
[Entrance gopura to the Minakshi Sundareshvara temple, Madurai.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of one of the gopuras (?eastern entrance). Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 122(41)

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Photo 122(41)
Title:
[Unfinished base of gateway at east side of Trimul Naik's Portico, Madurai.] Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Unfinished gopura at the eastern entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple. Print surface slightly crazed from shrinkage of collodion on negative. Other copies of this print at Photo 212/1 (16) and Photo 1000 (2915). Subjects = Archaeological Survey of Ind...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 212/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/1(16)
Title:
Madura. Trimul Naik's Portico. Unfinished base of gateway at east side. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view showing sculptural detail, of unfinished gopura at the eastern entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple at Madurai. The print surface is slightly crazed from shrinkage of the collodion negative. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item