Possibly the temple at Nu Tooth, Sri Lanka. Watercolour drawing by C.H.S.B.

Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.

Srirangam, India: water tank in the Temple. Coloured lithograph by T.C. Dibdin after J. Fergusson.

View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.

Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.

The bathing ghats and lingham temples by the river Ganges, Benares, India. Process print after S.G. Dawson.

A woman giving alms to a beggar outside a temple to Lord Shiva. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Hindu temple at Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Vishnu portrayed as in a Maharastra temple with Hanuman and Garuda before him. Chromolithograph.

A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.

Water tank, Srīperumbūdur: overflowing of the tank. Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after J. Hunter.

Hindu temple on the river Ganges, near Kara, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

Kāśyapaśilpam / Mahārṣikāśyapapraṇītaṃ ; etat pustakam Rā. Rā. Nāśikakṣetranivāsibhiḥ Vajhe ityupābhidhakr̥ṣṇarāyaiḥ saṃśodhitam.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 30.2 x 40.6 cm

Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 47.7 x 65 cm.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 19.7 x 15.9 cm

Dhumávati on a temple chariot. Coloured lithograph.

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Hindu temples

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Kāśyapaśilpam / Mahārṣikāśyapapraṇītaṃ ; etat pustakam Rā. Rā. Nāśikakṣetranivāsibhiḥ Vajhe ityupābhidhakr̥ṣṇarāyaiḥ saṃśodhitam.

Srirangam, India: water tank in the Temple. Coloured lithograph by T.C. Dibdin after J. Fergusson.

Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.

Hindu temple at Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Dhumávati on a temple chariot. Coloured lithograph.

Hindu temples

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hindu temples

Works from the collections

Kāśyapaśilpam / Mahārṣikāśyapapraṇītaṃ ; etat pustakam Rā. Rā. Nāśikakṣetranivāsibhiḥ Vajhe ityupābhidhakr̥ṣṇarāyaiḥ saṃśodhitam.

Srirangam, India: water tank in the Temple. Coloured lithograph by T.C. Dibdin after J. Fergusson.

Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.

Hindu temple at Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.

Dhumávati on a temple chariot. Coloured lithograph.

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