This photo negative image shows a cult placed inside the temple premises, a male cult is designed and kept inside the temple with a board written in Tamil as "YANAIURI PORTHA MOORTHY", this cult is designed with inner layer within the rock (inside the leaf) with many hands holding weapons with legs on lifting position and ornaments on neck, we can see awooden bench kept near big compound wall built with small windows back side of the cult and designed roof on top. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 6 cm, width 6 cm. Condition of original material: Deteriorated and discolored. Country of Origin: India. Related regions: Tamil Nadu. Related towns/cities: Coimbatore; Perur.
"YANAIURI PORTHA MOORTHY"-yāṇaiyuri pōrtta mūrtti
Item details
Variant titles:
- The temple stone pillar statue "YANAIURI PORTHA MOORTHY"
Creation date:
Mid 20th century
Content type:
Photograph
Place of origin:
India.
Originals information:
The original material is located in Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC), Konnerimukku, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris.
Reference:
EAP1274/3/101/9
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2019
Legal:
This item is part of
- Project EAP1274:
- Collection EAP1274/3:
- File EAP1274/3/101:
- Item EAP1274/3/101/9:
