Pagodas | Pagodes

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In the foreground, wide stone steps facing right, trees, and scattered groups of people; in the right middleground a ruined building before a stone wall surrounding a brown tiered tower (gopuram); columned buildings to the left; in the background a mountain with 2 gopurams at its peak.
In the foreground, wide stone steps facing right, trees, and scattered groups of people; in the right middleground a ruined building before a stone wall surrounding a brown tiered tower (gopuram); columned buildings to the left; in the background a mountain with 2 gopurams at its peak.

Item details

Curatorial comment:
The twin gopurams (pagodas) are part of the Ranganatha Temple in Thieruneermalai, a few kilometres from Mr Webb's cotton farm at Pammal, now a suburb of Chennai. | Les gopuras jumeaux (pagodes) du temple Ranganatha à Thieruneermalai, à quelques kilomètres de la ferme cotonnière de M. Webb à Pammal, désormais une banlieue de Chennai.
Alternate title:
Twin gopurams of the Ranganatha Temple in Thieruneermalai | Gopuras jumeaux au temple Ranganatha à Thieruneermalai
Creator:
Symonds, Mary, 1772-? | 1772 à ?
Contributor:
The South Asia Collection, Norwich
Physical description:
1 painting : watercolour ; 21.0 x 31.0 cm | 1 tableau : aquarelle ; 21,0 x 31,0 cm
Date:
1804
Content description:
Title written by Mary Symonds and transcribed from the painting. | Titre apposé à la main par Mary Symonds et retranscrit du tableau.
Shelfmark:
The South Asia Collection NWHSA: PIC106.31
Rights:
Reproduced by permission of | Reproduit avec la permission du The SADACC Trust, Norwich
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