Varahi image at Jajpur, Cuttack District. Photographer: Cornish, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Sculpture of the wife of Vishnu in boar incarnation. Described (with prints 36-37) in 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal. Revised and corrected up to 31st August 1895' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 472-473: 'Within the compound of the Subdivisional Officer's quarter...
Close view of two statues lying outside the Lakshmana Temple, Sirpur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography The figure on the right, a statue Vishnu lacking the head, is reproduced as a lithograph in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82' (A.S.I. vol. XVII, Calcutta, 1884), pl. xvii. Subjects = Hindu deities; In...
General view from south-east of ruins at Eran, Sagar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. A closer view of the ruins of the Vishnu Temple and the statue of Vishnu. Photograph taken during the Western Circle survey season of 1893-94. Another copy of this print at Photo 1009/2 (1423). Subjects = Hindu deities; ...
General view of the massive Varaha statue, Eran, Sagar District. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Captioned and numbered in the negative. General view of the statue, standing amongst amongst the ruins of the Varaha Temple. In the background is the Vishnu statue seen in print 1294. This colossal statue of Vishnu in his boar incarnation stands some 11 feet hig...
Large sculptured slab with figure of Brahma, at Dharwar. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography Henry Cousens, 'Revised list of antiquarian remains in the Bombay Presidency ... originally compiled by J. Burgess' (Bombay, 1897), p. 121: '4 large massive slabs bearing sculptures of Siva (2 slabs), Brahma and Vishnu on Sesha. In 1885 they were found lying in ...