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Chola: Kalugamalai [sic] temple

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dc.contributor.authorGrousset, Rene
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Kalugumalai, Tamil Nadu)
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-15T01:42:11Z
dc.date.available2019-10-15T01:42:11Z
dc.date.created1949
dc.identifierANUA 682-1841
dc.identifier.otherIM-1001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/176837
dc.descriptionFergusson, Vol. II, p. 22 - Rock-cut from ridge (?), never finished. The other side of the Kalugumalai hill had been occupied by Jains and numerous images of their Tirthanakaras are carved upon it, with inscriptions that supply the names of the villages by which the different figures were carved. Now dedicated to Subrahmanya, but said to be originally Jain. Probably 10th/11th century, and if completed would have been one of the most perfect gems of the style. As it is, it was only blocked out, and the upper part only carved, when it was abandoned. In the same rock is excaved [sic] a cave temple dedicated to Ganesha with a pradakshina passage around the shrine. -- 75 miles north of Cape Comorin. Jain bas-relief.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.subjectChola, Pandya, etc.
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleChola: Kalugamalai [sic] temple
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesSource: R. Grousset, L'Inde, Librairie Plon, Paris, 1949, ill. 82
dc.date.updated2019-10-15T01:42:10Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
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