File:"9th century Hamsa as swans and other artwork, pillar in Avantiswami temple ruins 2, Avantipore, sketched in 1868.jpg

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One of the photographs and sketches published in 1869 by Henry Hardy Cole; notable for hamsa mala as swan in Kashmir, rather than duck common in South India

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English: Source: Illustrations of ancient buildings in Kashmir, 1869

The originals are in the archives of the British Library, Shelfmark 981/1, John Burke collection.

Avantiswami temple of Avantipur is a panchayatana style Vishnu temple complex.

Avantipur is a town along the Jhelum river about 30 kilometers southeast of Srinagar. It was a Hindu pilgrimage center and capital by the 9th century with many temples. Its significance is compared to the Marttand Sun temple in the Raja Tarangini text, and the town's importance is attributed therein to King Avantivarman.

King Avantivarman built two large temples complexes in the second half of the 9th century – a panchayatana style Avantiswami complex for Vishnu and a bit larger Avantisvara complex for Shiva to its northwest, about 3000 feet from each other. Both sit within a colonnaded peristyle, and both have a gateway from the west, facing the Jhelum river.

This is a photograph of a 2-D photograph/sketch published in 1869. The PD-Art guidelines of wikimedia apply. Any rights I have as a photographer, I donate it to the public domain via wikimedia commons.
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