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Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623-59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
Linnaeus Tripe1858
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The temple complex that contains this open, pillared hall is dedicated to Minakshi, a form of Parvati, and her consort, Sundareshvara, a form of Shiva. The central column depicts Shiva feeding sugarcane to an elephant. Because Linnaeus Tripe respected the Hindu temples as places of religious, historical, and artistic value, he strove to document the carvings decorating the temples, even when they were hidden in shadow.
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- Title: Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623-59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
- Creator: Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902)
- Date Created: 1858
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Mounted: 57.4 x 45.4 cm (22 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom, (Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, United Kingdom), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.211
- Medium: albumen print
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in black type on white paper adhered to recto of mount: "4", Embossed on recto of mount: "LT/Photographer to Government"
- Fun Fact: This hall was built to serve as a summer house for the gods to whom the temple is dedicated.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2020.211
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