Ranganathaswamy Temple

Alfred Nawrath photographed the hall of a thousand pillars at the Ranganathaswamy Temple in 1938.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1938 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Alfred Nawrath, photogravure of the hall of a thousand pillars, Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, 1938, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title names the hall, the temple, and the year. A photogravure is a photographic print, not a measured drawing.

An albumen photograph of about 1870 shows the royal gopuram at Srirangam.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · About 1870 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Unknown photographer, albumen photograph “Royal Gopuram, Srirangam,” about 1870, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title names the royal gopuram and gives the date as about 1870. The photographer is not named.

Bourne photographed the eastern tower at Srirangam about 1880, under the title Eastern pagoda, Trichinopoly.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · About 1880 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Bourne, “Eastern pagoda, Trichinopoly,” about 1880, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title uses Trichinopoly and says eastern pagoda. It is filed with this temple. It is not a measured survey.

Ranganathaswamy Temple is identified at Srirangam, Tamil Nadu.

Documented fact · Medium confidence · Catalog identification · Sanctum

Name and catalog coordinates come from the cited secondary article. They are not a surveyed benchmark.

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, English Wikipedia, retrieved 27 September 2026. · Source

A compiled secondary article used to identify the place. Not an inscription, survey, or archival photograph.

Samuel Bourne photographed a gopura of the Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam about 1870.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · About 1870 · 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 Ranganatha temple complex, Srirangam, about 1870, KITLV, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title names the Ranganatha complex at Srirangam and dates the negative to about 1870.

Samuel Bourne photographed the Vishnu temple at Srirangam in 1869, under the title Temple of Vishnu, Trichinopoly.

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, “Temple of Vishnu, Trichinopoly,” 1869, Minneapolis Institute of Art, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file uses the colonial name Trichinopoly. It is filed with the Srirangam temple, the Vishnu temple on the island beside that city. It is not a measured survey.

Alfred Nawrath photographed the hall of a thousand pillars at the Ranganathaswamy Temple in 1938.

An albumen photograph of about 1870 shows the royal gopuram at Srirangam.

Bourne photographed the eastern tower at Srirangam about 1880, under the title Eastern pagoda, Trichinopoly.

Ranganathaswamy Temple is identified at Srirangam, Tamil Nadu.

Samuel Bourne photographed a gopura of the Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam about 1870.

Samuel Bourne photographed the Vishnu temple at Srirangam in 1869, under the title Temple of Vishnu, Trichinopoly.

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