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Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece

Figure 21. Shri Amritagateshvara temple in Melakkadambur, Tamil Nadu, India.
The roof of the pañjara on the South wall of the sanctum seen from below.
Visible are sculpted stone replicas of wooden beams and other structural elements.

Granite.
Approximately 1100 CE.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 11 February 2007.



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