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WD2216(45)
- Record Id:
- 041-004286543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280691
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100153843108.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162054379.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2216(45)
- Title:
- [Ellora: Kailasa columns]. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
- Scope & Content:
- Illustration of columns from the Kailasanatha [Kailasa] Temple at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Buddhist and Brahmanical.' The spectacular site of Ellora, in Maharashtra, is famous for its series of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky façade of a cliff of basalt. The works were done under the patronage of the Kalachuri, the Chalukya and the Rashtrakuta dynasties between the 6th and the 9th centuries. The Kailasanath is the most noted of all the splendours of Ellora, a free-standing temple rather than a cave, entirely sculpted out of a great mass of basalt. Commissioned by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I in the mid-eighth century, it symbolises Mount Kailasa, the sacred abode of Shiva. A tall screen marks the entrance, and river goddesses mark the route to the sections of the two-storey temple (a Nandi shrine, a mandapa, the main sanctuary, and the Lankeshvara shrine). The principal shrine is topped by a pyramidal tower (shikara). Superb sculptural friezes in the temple tell tales from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and of Shiva. Two monolithic obelisks are situated on the side of the main temple. They are 17 metres high and decorated with relief carvings. Inscribed: 'Elura: Kailasa (left), Pillar in Kailas - Elura (right)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280691
040-004286506
041-004286543 - Is part of:
- WD2210-1565 : BURGESS COLLECTION James Burgess (1832-1916): in India 1855-89. Archaeological Surveyor and Reporter for Western India 1874-80, with…
WD2216 : Album of 100 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculptures and architectural details from the Buddhist and Brahmanical Caves at…
WD2216(45) : [Ellora: Kailasa columns]. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916). - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280691[0106]/040-004286506[0037]/041-004286543
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD2210-1565
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162054379.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- Western India/Bombay style
Western Indian style - Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 1877
- Date Range:
- 1876-1877
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink on paper
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)