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Description: | This photograph of the Kovilkudi temple, near Madurai in Tamilnadu, is part of a collection entitled 'Photographic Views in Madurai ' (Madras, 1858) and was taken by Linnaeus Tripe in 1858. This photograph shows the massive fortified walls and corner bastion surrounding the temple: ''This fortified temple stands in an open plain about eight miles east of Madura; N. of the Vaigai River. [Robert] Orme calls it Kovilgudi; and mentions a town which surrounded it, called Tirambur; this town has now almost disappeared; and the building represented is called the Tirambur Pagoda...'' | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Hindu Temples Cartography And Topography Sacred Architecture Architecture | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Tripe, Linnaeus | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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