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Description: | Photograph of a carved pillar inside the front mandapa of the Rama Temple, Kumbakonam, taken by Alexander Rea in c.1892, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. The Rama Temple in Kumbakonom dates to the 16th and 17th centuries. It is entered through a gopura of the Nayaka period that leads to a large columned mandapa or hall. The pillars are decorated with carvings in the Vijayanagara style of dancers, maidens and divine couples. The outer piers are carved as riders on rearing horses and yalis. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Art Hindu Temples Temples Sacred Architecture Sculpture Leisure And The Arts Architecture | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Rea, Alexander | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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