CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Small tank, Jhajjar, Haryana

Somesvara Temple, Ablur

The Somesvaram Udaiyar temple at Somur is a temple from Parantaka I's time (907 - 954 CE) in the old Kongu country (western Tamil country). The temple is perhaps datable to the sixth year of Parantaka I and positively existed before his fortieth year that is 947 CE. The inscriptions on this temple reflect the conquest of the Kongu country by Aditya I and Parantaka I. This temple does not have great architectural significance. References: M.W. Meister and M.A. Dhaky 1963, p.173 and S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1971, pp. 44-45.

South Paravur, Baroque Architecture, Kerala

'Special Collections' include thematically organised image catalogues culled from the CA&A archives. Also, it comprises of photograph collections of global contributors who have associated with the CA&A for sharing their images on the VMIS.

These represent thematically grouped museum objects from various antiquity collections, documented either in the CA&A archives or in the Partner Museums’ collections.