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West and South Sides of the Vimana Walls, Great Temple, Thanjavur
Linnaeus Tripe1858
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This granite structure is part of one of the largest and most important examples of South Indian temple architecture and continues to this day as an active place of worship. Each niche contains a sculpted figure, and inscriptions run all around its base. It is dedicated to Shiva, one of three primary gods of Hinduism, whose followers recognize him as the ultimate deity who creates, preserves, and destroys everything in the entire universe.
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- Title: West and South Sides of the Vimana Walls, Great Temple, Thanjavur
- Creator: Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902)
- Date Created: 1858
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 27.4 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.4 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Mounted: 45.3 x 57.3 cm (17 13/16 x 22 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Newberry Library Collection, Chicago, IL, (Sotheby's, New York, NY), (Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA), 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/2020.210
- Medium: albumenized salt print from a waxed paper negative
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in black type on white paper adhered to recto of mount: "15", Embossed on recto of mount: "LT/Photographer to Government"
- Fun Fact: This is thought to have been the tallest structure in the world when it was constructed around 1000.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2020.210
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