Boria, Bhudal Bay. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography Here the SS Persia, Maritima Italian Fleet was put ashore, heavily on fire. The hulk was afterwards towed to Bombay for breaking up.
Jaigad Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography The main gateway, of the usual curved approach. It is built of red laterite, excavated on the site. The fort along with several others, was taken by Colonel Kennedy in 1819. Offering, apparently, little or no resistance. The bold headland, jutting far out into t...
Jaigad Fort, The Konkun Coast. Gateway into the moat. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Just without the fort walls is a pit, the bottom reached by a flight of steps outside it. This arena, so to speak, is that (text covered by photograph) prisoners were (text covered by photograph). Jaigad, Jyghur and Zyghur 100 miles from Bombay on the south b...
Jaigad Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Jaigad, Jyghur and Zyghur 100 miles from Bombay on the south bank of the River Shastri. Navigable for craft up to 6 feet according to the tides. In the year 1798-99 the port and creek were used for the passage of troops and stores which, in cooperation with the ...
Jaigad [Jaigarh] Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Between Severndrug and Gheria (Viziadrug) was at one time within the dominions of the Angria piratical family. The monument below is said to be the suttee of 'The Havildar's wife', the Canojje Angria's officer in command of this post. On the north bank of the river over against Jigad itself, is ...
Jaigad [Jaigarh], Shastri River, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography Looking upstream towards Sangameshwar and Kurdund, where it joins the Lower Konkun Road. Between Severndrug and Gheria (Viziadrug) was at one time within the dominions of the Angria piratical family. On the north bank of the river over against Jigad itself, is the ...
Gunpati Pula Temple. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography [Temple] on the seashore and at the foot of a barren hill (with a profusion of the 'Coxinea Exora' shrubs, very common on the waste lands hereabouts). It lies between Jaigad and Waroda (Tiveri).
Gunpati Pula [Ganpati Pule], The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Nearing the temple. A Devadasi standing in the road. Many of the drowned from the Hadjee ship "Columbus" were washed up here. It lies between Jaigad and Waroda (Tiveri).