Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

Captain Linnaeus Tripe

Date
1858
Medium
albumen print
Culture
England, 19th century
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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. This hall was built to serve as a summer house for the gods to whom the temple is dedicated.

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