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1. Photo 11(83)

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Photo 11(83)
Title:
Bunderpoonch, the Jumnootri Peak. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of the Bunderpunch in Yamunotri in the Himalayas, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Bunderpoonch peak was named after the legend that Hanuman, the Monkey God, after setting the city of Lanka on fire with his burning tail, extinguished the flame on his tail here, hence the name Bunderpunc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(116)

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Photo 11(116)
Title:
Wooded valley from Fulaldaru. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from an elevated position, looking along the steep-sided river valley, with the snow-covered Srikanta Peaks in the distance, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(117)

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Photo 11(117)
Title:
Snowy peaks near Gangootri from Bhairamghati. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the valley towards distant peaks, the foreground dominated by pine trees. A note in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue states that this view was a, 'Prize photograph, 1867'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

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