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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Ponda, Goa, Indiaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1730-1738 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorChhattrapati Shahu (Shahuji I)en_US
dc.date1730-1738en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T19:10:03Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T19:10:03Z
dc.date.issued1730-1738en_US
dc.identifier264587en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3374en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/180645
dc.descriptionOverall view with deep stambha (lamp tower) at left and temple at right; A large temple complex 33 km (21 mi) from Panaji at the foothill of Kavalem village. The foundation stone was laid in 1730 and the temple was completed in 1738 (during the reign of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shahu of Satara) and renovated in 1966. The temple is dedicated to Shantadurga, the goddess (a form of Parvati) who mediates between Vishnu and Shiva. It is a fusion of Indo-Portuguese architecture. One feature that marks Goan Hindu temple style is the modification of the lat or stambha pillar into a "lamp tower" (deep stambha) that can be lit with traditional oil lamps (diya). The example at the Shanta Durga temple is typical, as described by Jose Pereira: "a polygonal (octagonal) structure, with the corners of the polygons marked by engaged columns, the space between them being occupied by niches for lamps, and the whole crowned by an entablature surmounted by finials." These were influenced by Portuguese and Western architecture. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/25/2015)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick; stone; stuccoen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectHinduismen_US
dc.subjectMaratha Empireen_US
dc.subjectPortugal, coloniesen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectIndo-Portugueseen_US
dc.titleShanta Durga Templeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-IN-G-ST-A03en_US
vra.culturalContextIndian (South Asian)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
vra.worktypelat (pillar)en_US
dc.contributor.displayChhattrapati Shahu (Shahuji I) (Indian (South Asian) patron, 1682-1749)en_US


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