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Illustration of an Indian woman holding a flower

Eastern Encounters: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse

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INDIAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY

One of the Gopurams from the Temple of Srirangam

c.1800

RCIN 930166

The Sri Ranganathaswamy temple complex in Tamil Nadu is one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage sites in India. This pen-andink drawing is part of a series made by local artists in the service of Colin Mackenzie, the first Surveyor-General of the East India Company. It depicts one of the colossal painted brick gopurums (entrance towers) of the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple.
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