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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Hinduism

1. Photo 11(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(91)
Title:
Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 212/3(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(3)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '333' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, richly-carved wooden temple car of the Vatapatrashayi Temple. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 212/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212/3(4)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Another view of the large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Direct, side-on view of the temple car also seen in print 3, showing the carving in more detail. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 248(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(7)
Title:
Juggernauth Car, (decorated for festive procession). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a large temple car, decorated with flags, being processed along a street in South India (probably in Madras or vicinity), with followers in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 364/22(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 364/22(77)
Title:
Hindu worshippers, Conjeeveram. Photographer: Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Worshippers grouped in temple compound.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 752/4(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 752/4(59)
Title:
Native festival, Conjeeveram, S. India. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Large crowd gathered on the steps and in the water of a massive tank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/27(2703)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/27(2703)
Title:
Rath (temple car) and pavilions, with hill beyond, Tiruchengodu. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/27(2704)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/27(2704)
Title:
Massive wooden rath (temple car), Tiruchengodu. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Massive and elaborately-carved wooden temple car. India Museum no. 782.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/29(2983)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/29(2983)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the richly-carved wooden temple car. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. 'Immediately opposite to the tower is the Wooden Car, one of the largest and handsomest to be found in the South. It was built only ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/29(2984)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/29(2984)
Title:
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Another view of the large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Direct, side-on view of the temple car, showing the carving in more detail. Received from Captain Lyon, 5th May 1871. India Museum no. 1224. Duplicate at Photo 212/3 (4).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item