Image of Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. General view of the richly-carved

Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. General view of the richly-carved wooden temple car. The European...

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Image title: Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. General view of the richly-carved wooden temple car. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Prepared to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India' (Marion & Co, London, 1870), edited by James Fergusson, gives the following description of this photograph: 333 - Immediately opposite to the Tower is the Wooden Car, one of the largest and handsomest to be found in the South. It was built only about 25 years ago, by a rich native, who obtained permission from the priests to break up and remodel all the wretched small cars which at different epochs had been made and given to the temple, and thus the beautiful one now used was formed. It is 40 feet high, with a staircase inside by which access is obtained to the top, and here the god is placed at the yearly festival, when the whole population from all the neighbouring villages assemble from many miles around....
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Lyon Collection: Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India, by Captain Lyon. Author: Lyon, Edmund David / Illustrator: Lyon, Edmund David c. 1868 Source/Shelfmark: Photo 212/3.(3)
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: India / Asia / religious / unusual / hindoostan / odd / asia / group of people / religious movements / people / vehicle / bizarre / 19th century / religious groups / indostanic peninsula / photographs / photography / hinduism / hindu / architecture / indian subcontinent / photographic image / religious faiths / photo / south asian subcontinent / photograph / weird / strange / transportation / religion / indostan / hindoo / transport

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