The devil dances (according to Mr. M, not quite genuine; the dancers were gypsies from Tibet, not the priests who should do these dances): Onlookers when Bake photographed the dancers in the bazar after their official performance for the Governor. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Inscription: hyhgin one en by del devil danses, the echler met Capt. Ware; I warm Eiqscene to Tibet mieet de pushes due de Deril danses. Genre: Portrait Photography Crowd of onlookers when Bake photographed the dancers in the bazar after their official performance for the Governor.
Our host, the village priest, 75 years old. The government gave him the title Mahamahopadhyaya for his merits as an educator. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a man, the village priest, 75 years old who hosted Bakes. The government awarded him the title Mahamahopadhyaya for his merits as an educator.
From Andheri: Priest of Hanuman temple near the place where the 700 steps down to Gaomukh begin. He is reading the Tulsi Das' Hindi Ramayana. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a priest of Hanuman temple near the place where the 700 steps down the Gaomukh begin. He is reading the Tulsi Das' Hindi Ramayana.
Kota temples and priest, Kotagiri, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography India Museum No. 1137. Two open-ended thatched structures, with priest standing in foreground. Plate xxii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).