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Photographic evidence · High confidence · 15 December 2010 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Justinvijesh, photograph of the Brihadisvara Temple gopuram, 15 December 2010, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. · Source
Shows the tower. It is not Tripe’s 1858 photograph, and it is not a measured survey.
Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1908 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Underwood & Underwood, postcard photograph of the Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, 1908, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source
The file identifies a 1908 postcard of the temple. It is not a measured survey.
Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1880s–1890s · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Unknown photographer, photograph of the Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, catalogued to the 1880s–1890s, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source
The file names the temple and gives a decade range, not a day. The photographer is not named.
Documented fact · Medium confidence · Catalog identification · Sanctum
Name and catalog coordinates come from the cited secondary article. They are not a surveyed benchmark.
Brihadisvara Temple, English Wikipedia, retrieved 27 September 2026. · Source
A compiled secondary article used to identify the place. Not an inscription, survey, or archival photograph.
Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1868 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Edmund David Lyon, photograph of the Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, 1868, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source
The file names the temple and the photographer. The year on the file is 1868. It is not Tripe’s 1858 photograph, and it is not a measured survey.
Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1890s · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Nicholas & Co., Madras, “General View of the Temple and Grounds, Tanjore,” 1890s, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source
The file title names the general view and the studio. It is not a measured survey.
Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1869 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Samuel Bourne, photograph of a gopura in the Brihadisvara temple complex, Thanjavur, 1869, KITLV, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source
The file title names the gopura, the complex, the photographer, and the year. It is not a measured survey.
Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1869 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Samuel Bourne, photograph of the Subrahmanya temple in the Brihadisvara complex, Thanjavur, 1869, KITLV, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source
The file title names the Subrahmanya shrine inside the complex. It is not a measured survey.
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