The Tarakeshwar murder: the Mahant sees Elokeshi at the Tarakeshwar temple.
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The Mahant sees Elokesi at the Tarakesvar temple. The Mahant (high priest of the Siva temple, Tarakesvar) holds a ‘nargila’ pipe and sits on a striped rug in front of the temple, a second man, perhaps his agent, Kinaram, behind him. Before him stand three women - Elokesi, the young wife of the...
The Mahant fans Elokeshi who sits on a chair holding a rose.
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The Mahant fans Elokesi who sits on a chair holding a rose while the Mahant dressed only in a ‘dhoti’ stands beside her fanning her with a punkah. 458 by 286 mm. Purchased by W.G. Archer in London, 1955. Purchased 1974. Note: Following her first visit to the Tarakesvar shrine, Elokesi was pr...
The Tarakeshwar murder: the Mahant turns an oil-press. Artist(s): Nibaran Chandra Ghosh (c.1835-1930)
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The Mahant turns an oil-press. 455 by 280 mm. Note: During his time in jail, the Mahant was given various tasks including the watering of plants in the jail garden. He is here shown working an oil-press, a warder brandishing a cane beside him.
Evil-doers receiving punishment from Death's minions
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Evil-doers receiving punishment from Death’s minions. Above, a large demon with yellow pants, black skin and huge club suspending by the hair over a fire a woman ‘who would not give fire to her neighbours’, the fire shown as a pair of red jaws. To the left, a man walking away, an iron grill on...