Color slide of detail view of figures that adorn the exterior of the Parthasarathy Temple in Madras, India, present day Chennai.
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Title
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Color slide of detail view of figures that adorn the exterior of the Parthasarathy Temple in Madras, India, present day Chennai.
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Description
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Color slide of detail view of figures that adorn the exterior of the Parthasarathy Temple in Madras, India, present day Chennai. The Parthasarathy Temple is an 8th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to the Lord Vishnu, located at Thiruvallikeni, Chennai, India. The temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu. Recto inscribed, "233 India".
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Identifier
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MS.2019.01.3236
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Type
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image
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Is Part Of
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Box 27 Folder 14
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Format
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JPEG
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3/4w x 1 1/4h
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Date
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circa 1951-1954
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Creator
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Rhoden, John (John W.), 1918-2001
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Subject
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India
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Hindu temple spaces
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Architecture--India
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Chennai (India)
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gods (deities)
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temples (buildings)
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travel
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Medium
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color slide
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Language
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eng