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EAP166/2/1/21
- Record Id:
- 040-002744945
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002742768
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022579742.0x00132c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP166/2/1/21
- Title:
- Kotti-hom [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. (This album contains images of same event that of album no._004 but these photographs are not taken by same photographer)
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Digitisation of Rare Negatives from Nepal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002742768
036-002742769
040-002744945 - Is part of:
- EAP166/2 : Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya Collection [1877-1950]
EAP166/2/1 : Premier Rana family and their friends [1877–1950]
EAP166/2/1/21 : Kotti-hom [1939] - Contains:
- EAP166/2/1/21/1 : Mandap made for Kottihom, devotees in front of mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/2 : Mandap built for Kottihom by the order of Col. Bhupal Shumsher
EAP166/2/1/21/3 : Mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/4 : Mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/5 : Mandap, smoke coming out
EAP166/2/1/21/6 : Side view of Mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/7 : Side view of Mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/8 : Mandap, fumes coming out
EAP166/2/1/21/9 : Mandap, fumes coming out
EAP166/2/1/21/10 : Mandap, fumes coming out
EAP166/2/1/21/11 : Store of Samidha
EAP166/2/1/21/12 : Clothes made ready for offering (Daan) in front of mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/13 : Clothes made ready for offering (Daan) in front of mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/14 : Bhupal Shumsher
EAP166/2/1/21/15 : On the first day of Kottihom, Rana Ranis and others outside the mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/16 : On the first day of Kottihom, Rana Ranis and others outside the mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/17 : On the first day of Kottihom, Rana Ranis and others outside the mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/18 : On the first day of Kottihom, Rana Ranis entering mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/19 : Rana Ranis entering mandap of Kotti-hom
EAP166/2/1/21/20 : Main priest Kesariraj Pandey distributing blessed food in front of Kotti-hom mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/21 : In front of Kotti-hom manda, preparation for Varan
EAP166/2/1/21/22 : In front of Kotti-hom mandap preparing materials for offering (Daan)
EAP166/2/1/21/23 : In front of Kotti-hom mandap preparing materials for offering (Daan)
EAP166/2/1/21/24 : On the first day of Kottihom, entrance of the mandap
EAP166/2/1/21/25 : On the first day of Kottihom, entrance of the mandap
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP166/2/1/21 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002742768[0001]/036-002742769[0021]/040-002744945
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP166/2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 75 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP166-2-1-21
- 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 13 cm × 9 cm - 21 cm × 12 cm
- Former External References:
- MPP_015
- 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)