Title

Gopuram, Sri Meenakshi Hindu Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, c1900s(?).Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Caption

Gopuram, Sri Meenakshi Hindu Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Dedicated to Shiva and his consort, the princess Meenakshi, the temple was begun in 1560 and completed around 120 years later. A prominent feature of southern Indian Hindu temple architecture, gopurams are gateway towers richly decorated with sculpture depicting scenes from Hindu mythology.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C58_224

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,3Mb) / 13,5in x 14,4in / 4058 x 4306 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings interior India religious architecture Indian arts country tower religion temple sculpture art Hinduism gateway gate carved location century outside Hindu B&W MONOCHROME 17th century Tamil Nadu black & white black and white B W 16th century 1900s 20th century Madurai sixteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector gopuram Hindoostan Sri Meenakshi Temple stereoscopic stereoscopic photography Tamil TGN photograph stereoscopic card gopura Underwood & Underwood photograph