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Subject Temple Cars

1. Photo 2/3(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/3(33)
Title:
Temple and idol's chariot. Hathi Singh Temple, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Temple car drawn by two bullocks. Duplicate at ASIO 3241. Listed in Bloch's List of photographic negatives of ancient buildings, statues and inscriptions belonging to the India Office, London (Calcutta, 1900), Serial No.329. Also described in E. D.Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(2)
Title:
Street view in Tanjore with carved wooden car. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View in Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking along the street towards a temple gopura flanked by painted walls, with a large temple car in the roadway beside an open-sided pavilion.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(3)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '333' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, richly-carved wooden temple car of the Vatapatrashayi Temple. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 212/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(4)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Another view of the large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Direct, side-on view of the temple car also seen in print 3, showing the carving in more detail. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 212/7(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(19)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. General view of enclosure from entrance. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of mandapas in the Vitthala Temple, with the stone temple car in the centre. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3157). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Southern India' (Mari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 212/7(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(24)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. The stone car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the temple car or ratha, carved out of granite in the form of a miniature shrine, in the court of the Vitthala Temple. The car is also seen in print 19. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3162). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 212/7(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(26)
Title:
Ruins of Vijianuggur [Vijayanagara] near Humpee [Hampi]. The Vigiavittaldover or temples near the River Tumboodra [Tungabhadra]. General view of the stone car and surrounding objects. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the court of the Vitthala Temple, with the stone temple car in centre and mandapas to either side. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3164). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 212/7(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/7(28)
Title:
Tarputry [Tadpatri]. The new temple [Venkataramana Temple]. Stone car and porches around. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the stone temple car and mandapa of the Venkataramana Temple, with stambha in front of the car. Another copy of this print at Photo 1000 (3166). Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of Souther...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 248(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(7)
Title:
Juggernauth Car, (decorated for festive procession). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a large temple car, decorated with flags, being processed along a street in South India (probably in Madras or vicinity), with followers in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 248(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(51)
Title:
Juggernauth Car. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a street, decorated with hangings, towards a temple mandapa, with a large temple car or 'ratha' parked at the roadside in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item