Benares: Visveswara

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Collections	Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Title:	Benares: Visveswara
Author(s):	Fergusson, James Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Keywords:	Mughal Architecture-- Central & Western India;architecture;diagrams--drawings
Series/Report no.:	Basham Collection
Description:	Built in the 18th cent. on the ruins of the temple destroyed by Aurungzeb [sic], it is a double temple with duplicate towers connected by a porch with a Muslim dome. -- (or Visvanatha - "the lord of the universe", the name under which Siva is worshipped in Benares), the "oldest" temple in Benares.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/183283
Other Identifiers:	ANUA 682-2677

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