Ornate Indian Temple Pillar Illustration - Historical Architectural Detail #3391147 (License: Personal Use)

This 19th-century woodcut or steel engraving illustrates a monumental temple pillar from South India, likely inspired by Dravidian or Vijayanagara styles. The structure features elaborately sculpted lion brackets (yali or simha) supporting the capital, multiple tiers of narrative panels depicting deities and dancers, and dense geometric and vegetal ornamentation. Each register contains symbolic motifs-from lotus bases to kirtimukha friezes-reflecting sacred cosmology and royal patronage.

Used in academic publications, museum exhibits, and digital archives on Indian art history; serves users researching temple architecture, iconography, or colonial-era documentation of South Asian heritage.