Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Printed from a broken glass plate. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (164), printed before the negative was damaged. Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (165). Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (163). Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
A smaller vahana, in the form of an open-sided pavilion, with metal rings attached to the base for inserting carrying poles. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (167). Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)
Silver and gold-plated vahana in the Kumbheshvara Temple, Kumbakonam. Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Scope & Content:
View of vehicle for carrying the temple deities, mounted on a wheeled platform, with an Indian figure posed beside the vehicle to indicate scale. Duplicate at Photo 1008/1 (166). Subjects = vahanas (vehicle of the deity)