General view from the north-west of the Shore Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography Printed from a broken glass plate. This appears to be an earlier view than print 2235. In the print erosion of the right hand edge of the wall can be seen. In print 2235 this has been repaired. The view possibly dates from the 1870s rather than the 1880s, in whi...
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram [Koneri Mandapa]. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the entrance to the five-shrined cave temple from the right. Four square-and-octagonal sectioned pillars support the opening, with a hall beyond and a second row of fluted pillars. The rock-face above the entrance is carved into ornamental architectural ...
Unidentified building with remains of ruined temple, Aska, Ganjam District. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption in Bloch's list is given as 'Ruined temple in river', but this appears to refer to the ghat and foreground area rather than the building, which appears of a secular nature. Caddy mentions the site in a report of his activities, written in camp at the end...
Five-storeyed gopura of the Pattabhirama Temple, Vijayanagara. Photographer: Cole, Henry Hardy
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Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the gopura, in ruinous condition. Identified as the east gopura of the Vitthala Temple in Bloch's list, but this is certainly the same structure as the restored gopura in Gollings, Fritz and Michell, 'City of Victory' (Aperture, New York, 1991), ...