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Description: | Photograph of a stone temple car at the Jain temple in Chittamur from the 'Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Madras, 1894-95'. Chittamur is situated several kilometres east of Gingee in Tamil Nadu. Stone temple cars are a architectural imitation of actual wheeled shrine chariots used in temple festivals. This example consists of a domed pavillion or chhatri. It is reached by a flight of steps that is flanked by elephants. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Archaeological Survey of India | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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