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31. Photo 146/1(312)

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Photo 146/1(312)
Title:
Belikan [Belekan], The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Tadri town is around the bend, inside the bar of the river. Rajamundrug fort is across the water on the western heights. As timber was abundant here (floated down the river from the forests) ship-building was at one time a local industry.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 146/1(313)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(313)
Title:
On the foreshore path from Belikan [Belekan] to Tadri. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The tulsee [Tulsi plant] tree (the holy basil of the Hindus) outside the dwelling of a Hindu widow. It is carefully looked after by the woman, her husband’s ashes being preserved there. The piece of carving from a wrecked bungalow was her own idea of decoration, and she was very pleased that it ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 146/1(314)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(314)
Title:
The Mirjan river from a bastion of Rajamundrug Fort. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mirjan is some 3 or 4 miles up stream, on a southward bend of the river. Tadri, among the trees commences just inside the bar. In the 2nd Mysore War a detachment of Bombay N.I., under Lieut. Ross, burnt what was said to be intended for a 50 gun ship, building on t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 146/1(315)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(315)
Title:
The Mirjan River, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Mirjan (in sight from the eastward side of the fort) is some 3 or 4 miles up stream, on a southward bend of the river. Tadri, among the trees commences just inside the bar. In the 2nd Mysore War a detachment of Bombay N.I., under Lieut. Ross, burnt what was said t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 146/1(316)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(316)
Title:
Tadri Bay, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Belikan sands are in the far end corner of the picture. Tadri, among the trees commences just inside the bar. In the 2nd Mysore War a detachment of Bombay N.I., under Lieut. Ross, burnt what was said to be intended for a 50 gun ship, building on the stocks for Tipu ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 146/1(317)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(317)
Title:
Rajamundrug Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A bastion on the crest of the cliff, which here rises straight up from a rocky wave beaten foreshore. Elsewhere the defences are almost level with the ground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 146/1(318)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(318)
Title:
Rajamundrug, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A picturesque grove of trees on the way to the temple.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 146/1(319)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(319)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Approaching the ruins of Mirjan Fort. A raised bund through the paddy fields. Thought to be the Musiris of the ancients. 7 miles from Tadri and between Rajamundrug and Kumpta. In 1772, when James Forbes (author of Oriental Memoirs) saw it, it was held by Hyder Ali Khaun, but was subsequently de...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 146/1(320)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(320)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Approach to the main gate and the ditch before it. Thought to be the Musiris of the ancients. 7 miles from Tadri and between Rajamundrug and Kumpta. In 1772, when James Forbes (author of Oriental Memoirs) saw it, it was held by Hyder Ali Khaun, but was subsequently deprived of any military valu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 146/1(321)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(321)
Title:
Mirjan or Mirjee Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Inside the main gate. The place dates back to the Hindu sovereigns of Visiapur who were conquered by Hyder Ali. Thought to be the Musiris of the ancients. 7 miles from Tadri and between Rajamundrug and Kumpta. In 1772, when James Forbes (author of Oriental Memoirs) saw it, it was held by Hyder ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item