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Portrait of a Seated Girl Wearing Jewellery, from Madras in Tamil Nadu - 1872
Studio portrait of a seated girl wearing jewellery, from Madras in Tamil Nadu, taken in c. 1872, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections.
This photograph is attributed to the Madras School of Industrial Arts which was an important training centre for photographers in the area, established in 1850. Many examples of jewellery from India were shown at the London Universal Exhibition of 1872 and this photograph may have been one of those exhibited to demonstrate the way it was worn. The girl is wearing the fine ceremonial sari and jewelled head-dress worn by a bride on her wedding day.
Source: British Library
Rev. P. Rajahgopaul of the Free Church of Scotland Mission, Madras (Chennai) - c.1860
Source: British Library
Conflict of Durga with Mahishasur - Mahishasuramardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - 1880
Photograph taken by Nicholas and Co in ca. 1880 at Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) in Tamil Nadu, showing a sculptural frieze of Durga seated on a lion, shooting arrows at Mahishasura. Most of the temples and art at this site are ascribed to the reign of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (ruled 630-about 668 AD), from whose title of Great Wrestler or Mahamalla the place derives its name. The Mahishasuramardini cave temple takes its name from the huge sculpture panel on its walls celebrating the feat of the goddess Durga (a form of the Mother Goddess Shakti) who slew the buffalo-headed demon Mahishasura. With its naturalistic dynamism and beauty the panel is considered to be a masterpiece of Indian art.
Source: British Library
Two young Women and a Child, Displaying Jewellery, at Madras (Chennai) in Tamil Nadu - c.1870's
This photograph is attributed to the Madras School of Industrial Arts which was an important training centre for photographers in the area, established in 1850. The two women pictured here are wearing rings, earrings, noserings, bracelets, necklaces, and anklets.
Source: British Library
Studio portrait of Three Girls Wearing Jewellery - Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu 1870's
This photograph is attributed to the Madras School of Industrial Arts which was an important training centre for photographers in the area, established in 1850. The young girl on the left is wearing the half-sari which is the traditional dress of adolescent girls in the South Indian states. The girl in the centre of the photograph is wearing the jewelled head-dress traditionally worn at marriage ceremonies or at 'rites of passage' ceremonies performed when a girl reaches puberty.
Source: British Library (bl.uk)
Studio Portrait of Five Women Wearing Jewellery, Madras (Chennai) - c.1870's
This photograph is attributed to The Madras School of Industrial Arts which was an important training centre for photographers in the area, established in 1850. The two girls standing behind the three seated women are wearing the jewelled head-dress traditionally worn at marriage ceremonies or at 'rites of passage' ceremonies performed when a girl reaches puberty.
Source: British Library
Various Temples North of The Mamallapuram Village in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Small Temples North of the Village of Mamallapuram
Unfinished Cave Temple, Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General View of the Entrance to the Krishna Mandapa, Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
View from the South-West of the Arjuna Ratha and the Draupadi Ratha, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Two Unfinished Rathas, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view from the north-west of the Shore Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view from the south-west of the Bhima Ratha, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view of the entrance to the Varaha Cave Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Front view of the Dharmaraja Cave Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view from the North-West of the Shore Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Unidentified Cave Temple, Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Two Unfinished Rathas, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Olakkanatha Temple, a structural shrine above the Mahishamardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view of the entrance to the Pancha Pandava Mandapa, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view from the south-west of the Dharmaraja Ratha, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
Vahara cave temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885
General view of the Ganesha Ratha, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu - c.1885Various Photographs of Rock Fort Temple Complex in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu - 19th Century
Tiruchirapalli is situated on the River Kaveri in Tamil Nadu, India. The town has been a stronghold of various ruling dynasties like Pallavas, Cholas, Nayakas and later occupied by the British. The town is dominated by the Rock Fort, a massive sand-coloured rock which towers to a height of over 80 metres. The Pallavas were the first to exploit the rock, building temples into its side, but it was the Nayakas of Madurai who realised the site's potential as a fort adding only a few walls and bastions as fortifications in the 17th century. They firmly established Tiruchirapalli as an important trading city.
The Rock is about 84 m high (273 feet) and its summit, crowned by a modern Ganesha temple (Ucchi Pillaiyar Koil), can be reached by means of 437 steep steps. The Nayakas of Madurai realised its strategic position and built the Rock Fort in the 17th century. The last major battle here was fought during the Anglo-French wars of the Carnatic in the 18th century. Carved into the southern face of the Rock are cave temples dating from the time of the Pallava king Mahendravarman I (reigned 570-630) and the Pandya period (8th century). At the west face is the 17th century Thayumanaswamy temple dedicated to Shiva, where the lingam is a natural rock projection.
Know more about this historic place in Wikipedia.
Date: 1858
Photographer: Linnaeus Tripe
Date: 1868
Photographer: Edmund David Lyon
Date: 1869
Photographer: Samuel Bourne
Date: 1880
Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Source: British Library
The Rock is about 84 m high (273 feet) and its summit, crowned by a modern Ganesha temple (Ucchi Pillaiyar Koil), can be reached by means of 437 steep steps. The Nayakas of Madurai realised its strategic position and built the Rock Fort in the 17th century. The last major battle here was fought during the Anglo-French wars of the Carnatic in the 18th century. Carved into the southern face of the Rock are cave temples dating from the time of the Pallava king Mahendravarman I (reigned 570-630) and the Pandya period (8th century). At the west face is the 17th century Thayumanaswamy temple dedicated to Shiva, where the lingam is a natural rock projection.
Know more about this historic place in Wikipedia.
Date: 1895
Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Photographer: Linnaeus Tripe
Photographer: Edmund David Lyon
Photographer: Samuel Bourne
Photographer: Nicholas and Company
General view of Coonoor, a Tea Plantation Town in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu - c. 1860's
This photograph shows a general view of Coonoor, a tea plantation town in Tamil Nadu not far from the former British summer capital of Ootacamund. Such hill stations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu became the favoured summer retreats of the British in south India during the nineteenth century because of their cool climate away from the heat of the plains. The major attraction of Coonoor is Sim's Park. Founded in the mid-nineteenth century, it was planted with various species of botanical interest including tree-ferns, giant rhododenrons and three hundred varieties of roses.
Source: British Library
Guardian Statues in Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu - c. 1860's
This photograph of guardian figures in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was taken by Nicholas Bros in the 1860s and is part of a collection entitled 'Album of Photographs of India and Overland Route.' Guardian figures serve as symbolic protection at temples and other sacred sites.
Large Hindu Deity Statue near Rifle Ground Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu - c. 1860's
Photographer: Nicholas Bros
Source: British Library
May 6, 2017
Three Men on a Catamaran near Madras (Chennai) - Tamil Nadu, Circa 1890
The catamaran is a log raft or float ( from the Tamil word 'maran' meaning log and 'kattu' meaning tied), consisting of two, three or more logs tied together side by side, the middle one being longer than the others. They have traditionally been used in Madras and on the Coromandel coast, for communication with the shore.
Source: British Library
Pavilion with the Monolithic Bull Nandi in the Brihadishvara Temple complex at Thanjavur (Tanjore) - Tamil Nadu, Circa 1895
The Brihadishvara Temple built by the Chola king Rajaraja around 1010, is a monumental temple standing in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by smaller shrines. To the east of the temple there is a 16th century pavilion with a huge monolithic sculpture of Nandi, the white bull sacred to Shiva to whom the temple is dedicated. The shafts of the columns of the pavilion are carved with figures of devotees.
Source: British Library
Aug 14, 2016
Temples at Tirukkalikkunram, Tamil Nadu - c1950-60's
Photographer: Wim Swaan
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Māmallapuram (Mahabalipuram) Panoramas, Tamil Nadu - c1950-60's
Photographer: Wim Swaan
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum
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