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Description: | This photograph of the tomb of Pir Sikander at Sakkandurmali or Tirupparankunram, Tamilnadu, is part of a collection entitled 'Photographic Views in Madurai ' (Madras, 1858) and was taken by Linnaeus Tripe in 1858. The hill at Tirupparankunram near Madurai, which is an important pilgrimage centre for worshippers of god Muruga, also houses a Muslim shrine dedicated to Sikander (al-Sikander or Alexander the Great). | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Architecture | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Tripe, Linnaeus | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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