Nata Ragini. A girl on horseback fights a male warrior on foot having slaughtered one in the foreground. Identified in Hindi: ‘Nata Ragini,’ and numbered ‘3’.
The ceremony of ayudha-puja on the ninth day of the Navaratri festival, with priests garlanding and worshipping the colours of the 35th Regiment Bengal Light Infantry.
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Hindu priest garlanding the flags of the 35th Bengal Light Infantry at a presentation of colours ceremony, c.1847. Water-colour; 15.25 by 18.75 ins, Note: This regiment became Light Infantry in 1843 and was given the Governor-General's Order for Kilmarnocks for Sepoys in 1847. The flags bear ...