Cornell University Library Digital Collections

Birla Mandir

Title:
Birla Mandir
Alternate Title:
Lakshmi Narayan Temple
Collection:
Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
Photographer:
MacDougall, Robert D. (Robert Duncan), 1940-1987
Date:
1938
Site:
Delhi (Delhi, India)
Country:
India
Identifier:
MCD_06656
Work Type:
temple
Subject:
temples by form
Shikharas
beggars
Description:
Nagara style of white marble and red sandstone. Shikhara is 160ft tall Dates: 1938. Built by Birla Family of Indian Industrialists, inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.
Source:
MacDougall, R. D.
Repository:
Bonnie G. MacDougall (original photographs)
Rights:
The images in the collection are protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is the Estate of their creator/photographer, Robert “Scotty” MacDougall. Images in the collection were created between roughly 1960-1987, and were digitized by Cornell University Library from a variety of negatives, positives, and slides retained by the Estate of the photographer. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

About the collection

A collection of materials on South Asian architecture assembled over a 22 year period by Professor Robert D. "Scotty" MacDougall (1940-1987), an architect and an anthropologist. The core of this collection consists of approximately 6,682 photographs depicting significant works of architecture through time and across regional traditions throughout continental India.