Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on left side of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'The god is represented in the left end as shown in the Photograph in the Varaha Avatar, or boar incarnation - the third of that god'. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1320. Duplicate at Photo...
Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on right side of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'The subject seems some incarnation of Vishnu [Trivikrama], and he is represented with eight arms, holding various weapons, but both the attitude and action look more like Shiva than this god. Its position, the emblems...
Mahavellipore, near Madras. Basso-relievo on back wall of Vishnu temple. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Relief sculpture in the Varaha Cave Temple: 'They face the entrance, and represent female deities, more probably Lakshmi, with different attributes and accompanied by attendants'. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 132. Duplicate at Photo...
No. 2. Prome. North entrance to the Shwe San-dau Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'Burmese temples are usually, if the ground permit, on heights, the approach being by a flight of steps, guarded by Griffins [chinthes]: that shown above is very fine, the Griffins are eighty feet high, and with the carved gables of the ro...