Malwan, The Konkun Coast. A large pattimar waiting to enter the port. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Fort Padamgad to starboard, the high tide having covered the dangerous reefs as seen in the upper picture (196). Malwan, at one time belonging to the State of Kolhapore, but named Fort Augustus when held by Bombay troops after its capture in 1768 pending payment of the indemnity imposed by the ...
Malwan, The Konkun Coast. Sindadrug Fort, the north-west bastion. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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The curtain walls are crumbling. The fort now serves no useful purpose, and are hardly likely to be repaired. In the courtyard is the impression of a foot in mortar hardened to cement. Local tradition ascribes it to the great Shivajee himself. Malwan, at one time belonging to the State of Kolh...
The chapel in 1935, Angediva. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Whitewashed without but bare of all ecclesiastical furnishings within. It faces the ‘Quartel’ or Place d’armes. Angediva for 150 years or so kept in full commission. It was, too, and intermediate rendezvous for the Portuguese royal navy, especially so for their...
Bednore, Kundapure (between Bhatkal and Mulpy). The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography Among the scrub jungle and secondary forest in the ascent of Hydur Ghaut. It was the coastal base of General Mathews (1783) when he marched up the the Hyder Ghaut to seize the fortress of Bednore, which contained a great part of Tipu Sultan's treasure. The ultimate...
Bednore, Kundapure (between Bhatkal and Mulpy). The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography An unbridged river. It was the coastal base of General Mathews (1783) when he marched up the the Hyder Ghaut to seize the fortress of Bednore, which contained a great part of Tipu Sultan's treasure. The ultimate fate of Mathews and his army is a matter of school-bo...