CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY 'Special Collections' include thematically organised image catalogues culled from the CA&A archives. Also, it comprises of photograph collections of global contributors who have associated with the CA&A for sharing their images on the VMIS.
This collection contains images of state-protected monuments in Tamil Nadu produced through a commissioned project from the Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu. The images represent documentation of five monuments captured in 2022 through photographs and architectural drawings by the documentation team of the Center for Art and Archaeology (CA&A) of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). The monuments documented from three districts of Tamil Nadu include (1) Gangaikonda Choleeswarar Temple, Koozampandal, Tiruvannamalai; (2) Twin Temples, Keezhaiyur, Airyalur; (3) Chokkeeswarar Temple, Kancheepuram; (4) Kancheepuram Mahadevar Temple, Edayarpakkam, Kancheepuram; (5) Jeenaswamy Trilokyanathar Temple Thiruparuthi Kundram, Kancheepuram.