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Description: | Photograph of a close view of a pillar from the Pudu Mandapa at the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple in Madurai from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, taken by Nicholas and company in c.1882. The Pudu Mandapa is a long hall within the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple complex built by Tirumala Nayak (1623-1659). The hall contains piers carved with yalis, or lion-like fantastic beasts and portrait sculptures of the Nayaka rulers and their ministers. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Nicholas and Company | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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