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Description: | Photograph of two silver vahanas or vehicles from the Shiva Temple at Tiruvadi, taken by Alexander Rea around 1890. This sacred temple, known as Dakshina Kailasam, covers an area of 15 acres and consists of five enclosures or prakarams and a seven-tiered tower or Rajagopuram. Many inscriptions were found in the temple, which relate it to rulers of the Chola, Pandya and other dynasties. The view shows two silver vehicles, in the form of the bull Nandi, the mount of the god Shiva, that belong to the temple. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Rea, Alexander | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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