| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
Click
to View |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Rathas |
 |
The Rathas are a collection of models of temple carts (raths) each carved from a single block of rock. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Rathas |
 |
The rathas are a 7th century group of temples representing the oldest Tamil architecture. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Rathas |
 |
This elaborately carved temple is one of the Rathas. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Rathas |
 |
A Ratha with a smooth roof. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Rathas |
 |
The Rathas are based on Hindu temple carts and are carved from single pieces of rock. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Rathas |
 |
Carved temple with interior. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
|
 |
Carved elephant. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
|
 |
Carved nandi (Shiva's bull). |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
|
 |
Carved grooming monkeys. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
|
 |
Visitors to the shore temples. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Raya Gopuram |
 |
The Raya Gopuram is a later temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Raya Gopuram |
 |
Raya Gopuram is unfinished and made up of stone blocks, some carved. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
Raya Gopuram |
 |
Detail of carving of a figure. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
|
 |
The Olakkannesvara Temple is at the top of a hill. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
Shore Temples |
|
 |
The Shri Dharmaraja Cave Temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Bathing tank full of water lillies. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Funeral puja (prayer). |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Typical Tamil temple by the coast. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Cafe. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Advert poster for Limca, a locally made fizzy drink. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Young girl. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
A stone carving village close to the temples. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Stone carvers for temples. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Lush scenery near the coast at Mahabalipuram. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Mahabalipuram |
|
|
 |
Lush farmland. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Tirukkalikundram is a small town dominated by soaring gopurams. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Parvati Shrine |
 |
The Vedagiriswarar Temple is in two parts. The lower complex is a shrine to Shiva's consort, Parvati. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Parvati Shrine |
 |
Gopuram of the Parvati shrine dominating the village. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Hilltop Shiva Shrine |
 |
The upper shrine is on a hilltop and is dedicated to Shiva. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Hilltop Shiva Shrine |
 |
The hilltop shrine is reached by a steep flight of steps. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Hilltop Shiva Shrine |
 |
Pilgrims being carried up to the temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Hilltop Shiva Shrine |
 |
Priest feeding an eagle. This is an almost daily occurrance at the hilltop shrine (1989). |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
Hilltop Shiva Shrine |
 |
The eagles are believed to be incarnations of former gurus. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Tamil pilgrim. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
A group of pilgrims from Rajasthan. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Two men from Rajasthan. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Three Rajasthani women. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Rajput man. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Woman in yellow. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Three Rajput men with their colourful turbans. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Women and children. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Two men looking across the landscape. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
A group of pilgrims. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
Vedagiriswarar Temple |
|
 |
Woman resting. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
View of the village of Tirukkalikundram. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
The village bathing tank is enormous. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
View of a rocky outcrop in the middle of the village. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
A weavers' cooperative. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Weavers. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Widow and family members with the flower covered body of her husband. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Dead man wrapped in flowers with coins on his eyes ready for cremation. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
A group of children. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Home made spinning wheels. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Man dancing. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
A school teacher and his class. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Hotel room sign. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
One of Tamil Nadu's political parties has a male chicken as its symbol. Picture symbols are used because of illiteracy (in 1989). |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Countryside near Tirrukkalikundram. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Tirukkalikundram |
|
|
 |
Rural scene near Tirukkalikundram. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Pondicherry is built on the site of a 2000 year old Roman trading post. It was a French colony until 1951. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
The entrance to the Raj Navas, formerly the Governor's palace. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
A statue of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Pondicherry has many French buildings and a Mediterranian ambiance. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Lighthouse and customs house. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Classical French building. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
French World War II memorial. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
The Church of Our Lady of Angels is one of many Catholic churches in the enclave. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Street scene. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Young begger. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Wooden doors. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who was one of the founders of modern India. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Richshaw. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Warning sign in Tamil and English. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
French buildings in Pondicherry, an enclave surrounded by Tamil Nadu but governed as a separate union territory. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Street in the old city. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Sama Koil is built over a Shiva shrine. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Houses with a tree in flower. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
Bharathi Park is a pleasant green space in the centre of the city. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
The park is the main square. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
View of the park. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
Tamil women in the square. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
Police wear French style red tepis (hats). |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
Three men. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Bharathi Park |
 |
Coconut seller. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Busy main road. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Shops and bicycles in the city centre. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
|
 |
Catholic nuns walking past a French style church. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Tropical village just outside the city. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Local transport. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Traditional village houses. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Family of weavers near Pondicherry. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Rural scene. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Round houses. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
|
Village |
 |
Small house. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
Auroville |
|
 |
Auroville is an international ashram (commune) outside Pondicherry. The ashram was founded in 1968 and covers an area of 20 square km. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
Auroville |
|
 |
This urn contains the soil of 147 countries. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
Auroville |
|
 |
The Matrimandir (Meditation Hall). |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
Auroville |
|
 |
Auroville is composed of a number of settlements each specialising in a different activity. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
Auroville |
|
 |
Wind technology and biogas. |
1989 |
| India |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Pondicherry |
Auroville |
|
 |
Pottery workshop. |
1989 |
were added from 1 February 2025.