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032-003039394 Subject Temples

1. Photo 11(72)

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Photo 11(72)
Title:
The Golden Temple, Umritsar. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Golden Temple or Hari Mandir, Amritsar, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1864. The Hari Mandir is situated at Amritsar, the holy city of Sikhs founded in 1579. It is the holiest of the Sikh gurudwaras and contains the Adi Granth, the Original Book. The temple is an example of late Mug...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(94)

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

3. Photo 11(61)

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

4. Photo 11(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(11)
Title:
Carved stone temple near the Pagoda, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Subrahmanya temple in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines. To the east, a mon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 11(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(13)
Title:
Road scene near Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along a palm-lined road, with two figures standing in the middleground and with a temple gopura seen through the trees in the distance. Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 11(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(9)
Title:
The great Pagoda, Tanjore, from the ramparts. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Great Pagoda of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. View looking towards the sanctuary tower of the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(41)

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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

8. Photo 11(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(8)
Title:
The great Stone Bull, Tanjore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Stone Bull in the Brihadishvara Temple at Tanjore, taken by Samuel Bourne in 1869. Side view of the great Nandi sculpture in the Brihadishvara temple at Tanjore (Thanjavur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 11(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(1)
Title:
Street view in Tanjore showing three small pagodas [gopuras]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a street in Tanjore with three gopurams, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 11(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(32)
Title:
The rock of Trichinopoly from the East. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a view from the base of the hill looking towards the rock fort and temple of Trichinopoly (Tiruchirapalli), taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item