• P.A. Johnston (photographer)

Partial view of façade of the Sheshagiriayar Mandapa shrine showing sculpted columns, Srirangam Temple (also known as the Sri Ranaganath Temple), Seringham (now Srirangam), India

between ca. 1882 and 1891

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 20.7 x 28.0 cm

PH1978:0045

• partial view
• exterior view

- The photograph is attached to the CCA mount on the u.l. and u.r. with two white woven tape hinges.

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "1808" numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l.: "1890 / 00" [upside down] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, c.: "L146 / 2456.32"

Srirangam; Tamil Nadu; India;

• architecture

• temple
• reliefs
• figures (representations)
• statues
• mandapa
• façade
• shrine (structure)
• columns (architectural elements)