[People arriving in bullock carts at the Kumbh Mela, Allahabad.] Photographer: Director, Public Information
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Genre: Historical Events Typed caption on the reverse reads: '3 [and a half] million take a bath. This is the number officially estimated to have gathered in the Allahabad Kimbh Mela, to take a bath at the Sangam River. On account of Manni Amavas Day this was an unprecedented gathering'. Subj...
[A religious mendicant collecting alms with a statue of Krishna at the Kumbh Mela, Allahabad.] Photographer: Director, Public Information
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Typed caption on the reverse reads: '3 [and a half] million take a bath. This is the number officially estimated to have gathered in the Allahabad Kimbh Mela, to take a bath at the Sangam River. On account of Manni Amavas Day this was an unprecedented gathering'. Subj...
High Court and old lighthouse, Madras. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Postcard view. Subjects = British colonial architecture; courthouses; European architecture in India; law & legal affairs