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Subject Kali Temple (Calcutta)

1. Photo 29(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(16)
Title:
Ramnath Temple at Kali Ghat. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1713 in the negative. General view of a temple identified as the Ramnath Temple, Kalighat, Calcutta.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 45(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 45(23)
Title:
Ramnath Temple, Kali Ghat, Alipore, Calcutta [?or Dakshineshvara Temple]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered, 'Bourne 1713' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple, possibly misidentified with the Dakshineshvara Temple in north Calcutta.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 496/14(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/14(90)
Title:
Calcutta. Kalighat Temple. Photographer: Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view outside the temple. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Storrs-Fox Collection; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1929
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 792(1300-1310)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 792(1300-1310)
Title:
Snapshots of the Kali Temple, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920s-190s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 792(1345)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 792(1345)
Title:
The Kali Temple (Kalighat), Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 792(1346)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 792(1346)
Title:
The Kali Temple (Kalighat), Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 792(1347)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 792(1347)
Title:
The Kali Temple (Kalighat), Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 934(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(20)
Title:
[Kalighat Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'A strong contrast to the splendor of the Jain temple is the Kalighat temple, built in the 1600s, worship place of Hindus. It is famous for the practice of sacrificing goats, as many as 1500 having been slaughtered in one day. On the bank of a canal cut from the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 934(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(22)
Title:
[Brahmins worshipping in the Kalighat Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Brahmins worship in the Kalighat temple. Spoon-shaped brass container holds Ganges water. Brahmins are the highest caste of Hindus, their mark of distinction being the piece of string seen in hand of gray-haired senior Brahmin.' Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 934(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(23)
Title:
[Bathing ghat near the Kalighat Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography 'Hindus bathe in the holy water of a canal which was cut from the original bed of the Ganges. Steps lead down from the grounds of the Kalighat temple. Water is still considered holy, even though from the Hooghly.' Subjects = ghats; religion; religion (Hinduism); r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item