Vaishnava pilgrim carrying Ganges water. He wears a printed chintz tunic and cap. Inscribed: ‘Man who carrries two Baskets on his Sholdier’ [sic] ‘worshipping’ [sic] ‘to his God.’
A Vaisnavite pilgrim couple. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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A Vaishnavite pilgrim couple - the woman carrying a bundle on her head and a red pot in her hand, the man a hank of rope and a staff with a yellow flowered cloth draped on it. Water-colour; 210 by 159 mm. Note: Purchased from Mata Prasad, Benares, 1942.
Pilgrim carrying Ganges water. 202 by 160 mm. Note: He stands with a carved pole oiver his shoulder with a skin full of the sacred water at one end, from which an arc of cloth rises over his head and is joined to the front end of the pole. Two plantain leaves are attached to each end of the p...
Two Hindu pilgrims carrying staffs and water. The water is carried in skins at the end of a pole, with an arc of cloth between the ends of the pole shading the water. One of the two poles is decorated with peacock feathers and bells. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Hindoo Pilgrims conveying the G...
Two pilgrims returning from Pandharpur being received reverently on the road. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
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Two pilgrims returning from Pandharpur being received reverently on the road. Inscribed below: ‘Pilgrims from Pandharpur.’
File P 53 1915 Pt 1 'German War - The Khalifate and Pan-Arab Movement'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to British support for an Arab caliphate under British suzerainty. The discussion in the volume relates to the plots to foment a rebellion in the Arab Ottoman provinces and the military support required fr...