*"View of the Pagoda of Chelimbaram [Chidambaram]," by F. Swain Ward, c.1762* (BL)l
also: *"View of the Pagoda of Chelimbaram [Chidambaram]"* [*Ward 1762b*]

"Pagoda di Scialembrom," by Giulio Ferrario, from Il Costume Moderno o Antico, an Italian edition, 1828; *the full engraving*

Source: ebay, June 2006

*"Gateway at Chillambram [Chidambaram], by James Fergusson, 1847* (BL);
also: *Porch of Parvati's Temple* [*Fergusson 1847b*]

"Mandapam of Chillambaram," a wood engraving by E. Therond, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1869

Source: ebay, Aug. 2008

"Sacred Tank and Pagoda at Chillambaran, India," a wood engraving from the 1870's

Source: ebay, July 2001

*"Pagoda of Chillenbaum--India," a wood engraving from 1879*

Source: ebay, June 2006

The North Gopuram and the temple tank, Chidambaram (the same scene)

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/185263184/in/set-72157594149107793/
(downloaded Oct. 2006)

A closer view of the gopuram

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/178467216/in/set-72157594149107793/
(downloaded Oct. 2006)

*A detail from the gopuram entry hall: one of the Bharatnatyam dancers that adorn the walls*

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/183405845/
(downloaded Nov. 2006)

A closer view of the details of the gopuram

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/10538
(downloaded Mar. 2006)

*Another detail: the wedding of Shiva and Parvati*

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/178467066/in/set-72157594149107793/
(downloaded Oct. 2006)

One approach to the temple complex

Source: http://www.geocities.com/undermysky/TamilNadu1997.html
(downloaded: Jan. 2005)