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Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623-59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
1858
(British, 1822–1902)
Image: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Mounted: 57.4 x 45.4 cm (22 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2020.211
Catalogue raisonné: Dewan: CR6-114
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This hall was built to serve as a summer house for the gods to whom the temple is dedicated.Description
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.- Private Collection, United Kingdom2020(Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, United Kingdom)September 14, 2020The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Dewan, Janet, and Linnaeus Tripe. The Photographs of Linnaeus Tripe: A Catalogue Raisonné. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2003. CR6-114
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