View of a festival image being carried through the crowd at Kotgarh in Simla District. Published in Francke (1914), where he writes: 'Pindi Lal placed his apparatus carefully in front of the mask board and was on the point of snapping, when he was suddenly assailed by the priests, who said that ...
Nirmand. Ambika Temple. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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General view, looking down onto the temple. See Francke (1914), p. 5: 'The Ambika temple ... is below the village, and a flight of 184 stone steps leads up towards it, and continues from the back of the temple towards the village. This temple is said to be the oldest in the place, and Ambika (pr...
Nirmand. Hanuman at Kothi. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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Rough carving in the building known as the Kothi. Francke (1914), p. 6: 'The Kothi is a large building of the hill type, with stags' and antelopes' horns fixed over the door ... On the right side of the house, there is a very rude figure of Hanuman riding on a rather diminutive horse...'
Nirmand. Sculptures above water tank. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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Francke (1914), p. 6: 'The temple of Chandi Devi is close to the wells from which the people fetch their drinking water. There are several small water tanks of dressed stones below it, and a great number of sculptured slabs are inserted in the masonry of the tank.'