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Thanjavur Stories

Thanjavur Stories

Thanjavur Stories

The Brihadeeswara temple tower seen through the outer arch
The brass-clad flagstaff in the temple courtyard
A gopuram framed by a temple doorway
Carved tiers of the gopuram against the sky
A smaller shrine tower rising above the compound
The rounded dome of a shrine with a tree behind
The Nandi bull seated in its pillared pavilion
The great Nandi with visitors passing behind
A shrine tower seen from below
The gopuram above the temple entrance
Sculpted detail on the temple tower
The vimana rising in stepped tiers
The great vimana of the Brihadeeswara temple
The domed capstone crowning the vimana
A dancing figure carved into a wall niche
The corner of the tower, tier upon tier
Deities carved across the temple wall
Sculpted guardians flanking a temple door
Shiva dancing in a pillared niche
Steps and elephant balustrades at the mandapam
The stone chariot wheel beside a Nandi
Sculpture along the roofline against the sky
The gopuram seen from the side
A shrine dome above the treetops
The stepped pyramid of the vimana
The gopuram head on, its doorway dark
The long carved wall of the temple
A panel of deities in weathered stone
The upper tiers catching the light
A lamp standing before the gopuram
Wires crossing in front of the tower
The dark stone tiers of an older shrine
A temple tower above the compound wall
The Nandi garlanded and draped in cloth
A small Nandi shrine in the open
A guardian figure set into the dark stone wall
The carved facade of the sanctum
A carved medallion at the base of a pillar
A boy looking up in the middle of the crowd
Pilgrims gathered before the shrine
A boy with sacred ash on his forehead among the garlands
Children waiting outside the temple
A woman in white moving through the crowd
A craftsman at work on a veena
A maker shaping the gourd of an instrument
Sanding the body of a tanpura in the yard
Carving the neck of a veena by hand
Chiselling a block of jackwood
Hammering the joint of an instrument
A veena body finished in yellow lacquer
Tuning pegs along a row of finished veenas
The lacquered red body of a finished veena
A woman selling fruit on the pavement
The street busy with coconut sellers
Jars of sweets lining a roadside shop
A man crossing the green with his buckets
Coconuts loaded onto a motorbike
A coconut cart under a yellow awning
A painted figure standing outside a shop
Loading coconuts onto a cycle
A vendor husking a coconut
A flower stall set up on a blue table
A bare branch against the clouded sky
A school bus waiting under the trees
The Brihadeeswara temple tower seen through the outer arch
The brass-clad flagstaff in the temple courtyard
A gopuram framed by a temple doorway
Carved tiers of the gopuram against the sky
A smaller shrine tower rising above the compound
The rounded dome of a shrine with a tree behind
The Nandi bull seated in its pillared pavilion
The great Nandi with visitors passing behind
A shrine tower seen from below
The gopuram above the temple entrance
Sculpted detail on the temple tower
The vimana rising in stepped tiers
The great vimana of the Brihadeeswara temple
The domed capstone crowning the vimana
A dancing figure carved into a wall niche
The corner of the tower, tier upon tier
Deities carved across the temple wall
Sculpted guardians flanking a temple door
Shiva dancing in a pillared niche
Steps and elephant balustrades at the mandapam
The stone chariot wheel beside a Nandi
Sculpture along the roofline against the sky
The gopuram seen from the side
A shrine dome above the treetops
The stepped pyramid of the vimana
The gopuram head on, its doorway dark
The long carved wall of the temple
A panel of deities in weathered stone
The upper tiers catching the light
A lamp standing before the gopuram
Wires crossing in front of the tower
The dark stone tiers of an older shrine
A temple tower above the compound wall
The Nandi garlanded and draped in cloth
A small Nandi shrine in the open
A guardian figure set into the dark stone wall
The carved facade of the sanctum
A carved medallion at the base of a pillar
A boy looking up in the middle of the crowd
Pilgrims gathered before the shrine
A boy with sacred ash on his forehead among the garlands
Children waiting outside the temple
A woman in white moving through the crowd
A craftsman at work on a veena
A maker shaping the gourd of an instrument
Sanding the body of a tanpura in the yard
Carving the neck of a veena by hand
Chiselling a block of jackwood
Hammering the joint of an instrument
A veena body finished in yellow lacquer
Tuning pegs along a row of finished veenas
The lacquered red body of a finished veena
A woman selling fruit on the pavement
The street busy with coconut sellers
Jars of sweets lining a roadside shop
A man crossing the green with his buckets
Coconuts loaded onto a motorbike
A coconut cart under a yellow awning
A painted figure standing outside a shop
Loading coconuts onto a cycle
A vendor husking a coconut
A flower stall set up on a blue table
A bare branch against the clouded sky
A school bus waiting under the trees
The Brihadeeswara temple tower seen through the outer arch
The brass-clad flagstaff in the temple courtyard
A gopuram framed by a temple doorway
Carved tiers of the gopuram against the sky
A smaller shrine tower rising above the compound
The rounded dome of a shrine with a tree behind
The Nandi bull seated in its pillared pavilion
The great Nandi with visitors passing behind
A shrine tower seen from below
The gopuram above the temple entrance
Sculpted detail on the temple tower
The vimana rising in stepped tiers
The great vimana of the Brihadeeswara temple
The domed capstone crowning the vimana
A dancing figure carved into a wall niche
The corner of the tower, tier upon tier
Deities carved across the temple wall
Sculpted guardians flanking a temple door
Shiva dancing in a pillared niche
Steps and elephant balustrades at the mandapam
The stone chariot wheel beside a Nandi
Sculpture along the roofline against the sky
The gopuram seen from the side
A shrine dome above the treetops
The stepped pyramid of the vimana
The gopuram head on, its doorway dark
The long carved wall of the temple
A panel of deities in weathered stone
The upper tiers catching the light
A lamp standing before the gopuram
Wires crossing in front of the tower
The dark stone tiers of an older shrine
A temple tower above the compound wall
The Nandi garlanded and draped in cloth
A small Nandi shrine in the open
A guardian figure set into the dark stone wall
The carved facade of the sanctum
A carved medallion at the base of a pillar
A boy looking up in the middle of the crowd
Pilgrims gathered before the shrine
A boy with sacred ash on his forehead among the garlands
Children waiting outside the temple
A woman in white moving through the crowd
A craftsman at work on a veena
A maker shaping the gourd of an instrument
Sanding the body of a tanpura in the yard
Carving the neck of a veena by hand
Chiselling a block of jackwood
Hammering the joint of an instrument
A veena body finished in yellow lacquer
Tuning pegs along a row of finished veenas
The lacquered red body of a finished veena
A woman selling fruit on the pavement
The street busy with coconut sellers
Jars of sweets lining a roadside shop
A man crossing the green with his buckets
Coconuts loaded onto a motorbike
A coconut cart under a yellow awning
A painted figure standing outside a shop
Loading coconuts onto a cycle
A vendor husking a coconut
A flower stall set up on a blue table
A bare branch against the clouded sky
A school bus waiting under the trees

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