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Description: | Photograph of the unfinished gopura of the Ramalingeshvara Temple at Tadpatri, Anantapur District, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collection: Madras, 1896-98. This complex was built during the Vijayanagara period at the beginning of the 16th century. It is entered through large unfinished gopuras and consists of two temples situated in a courtyard. The gopuras are very elaborately carved in the Vijayanagara style. The carvings include friezes of jewels, scrollwork, miniature animals, figures of divinities, donors, maidens, guardians, multi-lobed arches and pilasters with pot bases. | 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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