मौलाना कमालुद्दीन चिश्ती दरगाह (धार, मध्यप्रदेश) के ख़ादिम निज़ामुद्दीन चिश्ती के यहां संग्रहित दस्तावेज़
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Documents pertaining to the financial aid, land grants, properties and legal affairs of the Chishti shrine in Dhār, Madhya Pradesh, India. Extent: 24 documents on paper. Custodial history: By descent to the present incumbent. Arrangement: No formal arrangement. Alternative calendar and date:...
Notice regarding fee to be paid by Arjundās Bābājī should he proceed with his wish to build a temple on the land belonging to the shrine. Extent: 1 paper document. Condition of original material: folded, stained, torn. Custodial history: By descent to the present incumbent. Arrangement: No f...
The Sringiri Swami. Photographer: Henry Dixon (attrib.)
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Full-length seated portrait of the Jagad Guru (high priest of the Smart Brahmins at Sringeri), his chair placed in a doorway, with an attendant standing on either side. Bowring visited Sringeri during his tour of 1863-64: '...I proceeded to Sringiri, a famous matha or monastery, where resided th...
Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Inscription: Numbered '333' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, richly-carved wooden temple car of the Vatapatrashayi Temple. The European figure posed by one of the wheels may possibly be Lyon himself. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photograp...
Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Another view of the large Juggernaut car. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
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Genre: Architectural Photography Direct, side-on view of the temple car also seen in print 3, showing the carving in more detail. Lyon's 'Notes to accompany a series of photographs prepared to illustrate the ancient architecture of southern India' (Marion and Co., London, 1870), edited by James...
Juggernauth Car, (decorated for festive procession). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a large temple car, decorated with flags, being processed along a street in South India (probably in Madras or vicinity), with followers in the background.
