Photographs
Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
LandscapePhotograph
Details
- Author / creator
- Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902)
- Object type
- Photograph
- Date or period
- 1858
- Dimensions summary
- Image: 35.7 × 27.3 cm; Paper: 35.7 × 27.3 cm; Mounted: 57.4 × 45.4 cm
- Photo process
- Albumen
- Studio or series
- Captain Linnaeus Tripe
- Place of origin
- England
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Hartley Bequest Fund, 2020
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
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.
Materials and technique
Albumen print
Signature and marks
Imprinted in black type on white paper adhered to recto of mount: "4"; Embossed on recto of mount: "LT/Photographer to Government"
