Subject: Hindu Temples - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(35)
Title:: Mundapum, with facade of carved stone horses [at Srirangam]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: View looking along the façade of the great horse mandapa (Sheshagirirayar Mandapa) in the Ranganatha Temple complex at Srirangam, with two Indian figures posed in the foreground, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. This view shows part of the Ranganatha Temple, a sacred Vaishnava complex situated on...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(41)
Title:: The Burning Ghat, Benares, Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: View looking down onto riverside temples at the Burning Ghat at Varanasi.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(61)
Title:: Ancient Hindoo temple at Bindrabund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1305 in the negative. View of Gobind Deo's Temple at Vrindavan.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(94)
Title:: Ruins of Martund. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: General view of the ruins of the Surya Temple at Martand, Jammu and Kashmir, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The temple, dedicated to the sun deity, is considered a masterpiece of early-Kashmir temple style and was built by Lalitaditya (c.724-60) the most powerful monarch of the Karkota dyn...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/1(24)
Title:: The Vishnupud Temple, Gaya, with Gaywal priests. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples Location = Bihar; Gaya; India
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1 Apr 1895
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 27(18)
Title:: Hindoo Temple near the Kotub [Delhi]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 27(34)
Title:: The Great Tower over the chief shrine of the Temple, Tanjore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the massive vimana of the Chola period Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (modern Thanjavur). Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples; vimanas (towered sanctuaries)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 27(41)
Title:: [General view of the Ranganatha temple at Srirangam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the temple complex from the south. Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 27(42)
Title:: [East facade of Vellai gopura, Ranganatha temple, Sriringam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; gopuras; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

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