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Photograph from 1868 by Edmund David Lyon showing the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur from the grounds.

Brihadisvara Temple

Thanjavur, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu

Shaiva tradition

1868 · Edmund David Lyon, 1868. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Albumen photograph from 1858 by Linnaeus Tripe showing the east gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.

Meenakshi Temple

Madurai, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu

Shaiva and Shakta tradition

1858 · Linnaeus Tripe, 1858. Public domain, British Library, via Wikimedia Commons.

Color photograph of the Nagaraja Temple at Nagercoil, taken in January 2007.

Nagaraja Temple

Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu

Hindu worship of Nagaraja, with Jain figures remaining in the mandapa

7 January 2007 · Infocaster, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Color photograph of a long pillared corridor at the Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram.

Ramanathaswamy Temple

Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu

Shaiva tradition

30 May 2013 · Vensatry, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Photograph from 1869 by Samuel Bourne of the Vishnu temple at Srirangam, titled with the colonial name Trichinopoly.

Ranganathaswamy Temple

Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu

Sri Vaishnava tradition

1869 · Samuel Bourne, 1869. Public domain, Minneapolis Institute of Art, via Wikimedia Commons.

Color photograph from 1989 of the Suchindram temple gopuram beside a tall wooden temple car, with people and a bus in the street.

Suchindram Thanumalayan Temple

Suchindram, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu

Shaiva–Vaishnava tradition

January 1989 · Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.