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Subject Nimtollah Ghat (Calcutta)

1. Photo 934(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 934(24)
Title:
[Nimtollah Burning Ghat, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
Scope & Content:
'Nimtollah burning ghat where Hindus burn the bodies of their dead and commit the remains to the Hooghly river. Several funeral pyres still burn while abandoned baby in foreground awaits burning.' Subjects = cremation; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1946
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1170/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1170/1(30)
Title:
Nimtollah Bathing Ghat, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Postcard view, showing crowds bathing in the Hugli at Nimtollah Ghat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item