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EAP166/2/1/20
- Record Id:
- 040-002744917
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002742768
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022579742.0x001310
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP166/2/1/20
- Title:
- Shri “Kottya-a-huti” [1939]
- Scope & Content:
- The photographs are of Kotti-hom which occurred for one month period organized by Balkumari Maharani in Bal-Chandra Palace i.e. Nepali kothi, Banaras. Kotti-hom is a ritual of offering the specially prepared mixture of rice, ghee and other things to the fire, a 10 million times. The Kotti-hom was managed by Col. Bhupal Shumsher. (The details of photographer Pashupati Lall could not be traced which is printed in cover of the album)
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Digitisation of Rare Negatives from Nepal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002742768
036-002742769
040-002744917 - Is part of:
- EAP166/2 : Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya Collection [1877-1950]
EAP166/2/1 : Premier Rana family and their friends [1877–1950]
EAP166/2/1/20 : Shri “Kottya-a-huti” [1939] - Contains:
- EAP166/2/1/20/1 : Mandap ordered to be made for Kotti-hom by Bhupal Shumsher
EAP166/2/1/20/2 : Keshariraj, Bhupal Shumsher and Rani (Queen) Balkumari.
EAP166/2/1/20/3 : From the left: Maila Guruju (Second Prist) – Hemraj Pandey Keshariraj Rani Balkumari, Jethi Maiya, Bhupal Shumsher, Madan…
EAP166/2/1/20/4 : Keshariraj Rani Balkumari, Jethi Maiya, Bhupal Shumsher.
EAP166/2/1/20/5 : Shankar Shumsher and other
EAP166/2/1/20/6 : Bhupal Shumsher, Shankar Shumsher and Bada Maharani (the queen)
EAP166/2/1/20/7 : In front of Koti-hom Mandap.
EAP166/2/1/20/8 : In front of Koti-hom Mandap for Baran
EAP166/2/1/20/9 : Mother of Shreedhar Shumsher and Rani Jagadamba
EAP166/2/1/20/10 : Entering inside the Mandap
EAP166/2/1/20/11 : First day of the Koti-hom
EAP166/2/1/20/12 : Kamalmani Dixit (in his childhood) Maila Guruju (Second Prist) – Hemraj Pandey, Keshariraj in front of the Mandap
EAP166/2/1/20/13 : In front of Mandap at the time of Baran
EAP166/2/1/20/14 : Captain Ganesh Bahadur, Mohan Bahadur Saha and Bada Maharani
EAP166/2/1/20/15 : In front of Koti-hom Mandap.
EAP166/2/1/20/16 : Inside the Mandap on the first day of Koti-hom.
EAP166/2/1/20/17 : Inside the Mandap on the first day of Koti-hom.
EAP166/2/1/20/18 : Inside the Mandap on the first day of Koti-hom.
EAP166/2/1/20/19 : Keshariraj and Maila Guruju (Second Prist) – Hemraj Pandey
EAP166/2/1/20/20 : Inside the Mandap on the last day of Koti-hom.
EAP166/2/1/20/21 : Store of Samidha (Firewood to initiate fire in the Koti-hom )
EAP166/2/1/20/22 : Carrying Samidha
EAP166/2/1/20/23 : In Sidra, in front of the house to be given in offering (Daan)
EAP166/2/1/20/24 : In Sidra, in front of the house to be given in offering (Daan)
EAP166/2/1/20/25 : House for offering (Daan)
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP166/2/1/20 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002742768[0001]/036-002742769[0020]/040-002744917
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP166/2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 27 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP166-2-1-20
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed photos of 16 cm × 11 cm and 16 cm ×16 cm
- Former External References:
- MPP_004
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held by the Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya library, Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)