| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
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Residential area.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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Nearly 3000 residents from 54 countries live in the ashram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Pondicherry
District : Auroville
|
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Residents believe in divinity but not in rituals.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The 49m high gopuram (gateway) of the Nataraja Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The gopuram is one of the most elaborately carved in India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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Detail of the carved and painted gopuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The gopuram is painted.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The temple dates from the 10th century.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The temple has an area of 13 hectares.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The temple is one of the largest in Tamil Nadu and is dedicated to Nataraja, the cosmic dancer incarnation of Shiva.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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1000 pillared hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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Shrine for a Shiva Nandi (bull).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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Elephant carved on the wall of the main shrine.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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Detail of carved dancing girls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chidambaram
Site / Event : Nataraja Temple
|
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The temple was built by the Chola Dynasty.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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Gingee is a complex of forts dating from the 13th century and connected by a 3km wall. This is Krishnagiri Fort.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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Turrets and fort buildings on a boulder strewn hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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The upper walls of the fort.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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The granary.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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Pillared halls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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A temple dedicated to Shiva.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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Carved columns, all are different.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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Faded mural in the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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View from the Krishnagiri Fort. The wall connecting the forts can be seen. Rajagiri Fort is on the hill in the distance.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Krishnagiri Fort
|
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The fort covers and extensive area on the hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Rajagiri Fort
|
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View of Rajagiri Fort from the rural area between the forts.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Rajagiri Fort
|
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The fort is on a hilltop and surrounded by a wall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Rajagiri Fort
|
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A small Shiva shrine built into the rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Rajagiri Fort
|
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Small temple by the cliffside.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
District : Rajagiri Fort
|
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The fort tops the hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
|
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The buildings at the foot of the forts include temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
Site / Event : Kalynya Temple
|
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The Kalynya Temple with its attached stables.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
Site / Event : Kalynya Temple
|
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The Kalynya Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
Site / Event : Kalynya Temple
|
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The temple is five storeys high and topped by a vimana.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
Site / Event : Kalynya Temple
|
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The stables are part of the temple complex.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
Site / Event : Kalynya Temple
|
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The stables could house hundreds of horses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
|
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Ornately decorated granary.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
|
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Temple tank and pillared cloister.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
|
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Villagers walking through the ruins.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Gingee
|
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The countryside near the forts.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Kumbakonam is a small town of colourful temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Art shop.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Dyed chicks to attract buyers.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Local transport.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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The gopuram of the Nageshwar Temple is vividly painted.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Detail of the painted gopuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Hindu deities carved and painted onto the gopuram (temple gateway).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Erotic gopuram carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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The courtyard.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Shiva and his wife, Parvati, his son, Ganesh and his bull at Kalaisa, their Himalayan home.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Visitors.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Children and a dog in the temple courtyard.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Baby outside the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
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Children outside the brightly coloured temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Woman washing clothes. The script is Tamil.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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A temple cart (rath).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Bull with horns painted blue.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Cyclists and shops.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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Narrow streets lead to the Sarangapani Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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The Sarangapani Temple is dominated by a colourful gopuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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The gopuram soars behind nearby houses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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Detail of the figures on the gopuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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The interior covers a large area.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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1000 Pillared Hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Sarangapani Temple
|
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Temple buildings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Two girls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Flower stall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Kumbakonam is famous for its makers of idols.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Working on a Nataraja (Dancing Shiva).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Boy with a puppy.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Kumbeshwara Temple
|
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The small but highly decorated gopuram of the Kumbeshwara Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Kumbeshwara Temple
|
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Demons and bare breasted women above the entrance.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Kumbeshwara Temple
|
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Carved figures in the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Kumbeshwara Temple
|
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Part of the temple resebles a chariot.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Kumbeshwara Temple
|
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The street outside the temple entrance.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Kumbeshwara Temple
|
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Small street at the rear of the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Decorated cow for the Pongal festival.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Man sewing with two friends.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Political vehicle canvassing.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Woman selling flowers.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Traditional thatched houses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Chalk pattern to celebrate Pongal.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Local transport.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Street scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Meat shop in the Mulsim area.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
|
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Women and children bathing.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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The Airavatesvara Temple dates from the 12th century.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site because of its carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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The temple was built by Chola king, Raja Raja II and is in the Dharasuram district of the town.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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The round cupola over the vimana weights 12 tonnes and is influenced by the great temple in Tanjore.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Carved columns, wheels and ballustrades.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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The 12th century Airavatesvara Temple in the Dharasuram district is covered with sculptures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Carved columns.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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A rare trinity of Brahma, Shiva being born of a lingam and Vishnu.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Columns and screens carved from stone.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Elaborately carved pillars.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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The carvings are of the highest quality.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Murals.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Carvings of Vishnu.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
District : Dharasuram
Site / Event : Airavatesvara Temple
|
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Dancers.
|
1989 |
were added from 1 February 2025.