General view of the Pancha Rathas, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-west corner looking north. In the right foreground is the Dharmaraja Ratha, with the Bhima Ratha beyond. The Nakula Sahadeva Ratha is at the extreme left, with the nearby stone elephant largely concealed by a palm tree. Subjects = Indian ar...
View of the Olakkanatha Temple, a structural shrine above the Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography Described in James Burgess, 'The cave temples of India' (London, 1880), p. 147: 'Immediately above this cave is the fragment of a structural temple, which forms one of the most conspicuous objects in the landscape from whichever side it is seen. It is not, howe...
Entrance, with rock-cut sculptures, to the Trimurti Cave Temple, Mamallapuram. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the three shrines (to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) arranged in a row on the rock-face, each niche flanked by pilasters with guardian figures. This temple is described in James Burgess, 'The cave temples of India' (London, 1880), pp. 152-153, and th...