From Dutch travelogue ‘De zomer in Kaschmir : De Aarde en haar Volken’ (Summer in Kashmir: ‘The Land and its Peoples) by F. Michel (1907).
Sher Garhi Palace |
Rustic Voetanar (?) temple |
Pandits at a Holy Spring at Valtongoe (?) |
Amarnath Pilgrims |
Children playing inside Chinar tree |
Narayan inside Voetanar (?) temple |
Amarnath Camp |
Doonga |
Ekkas and Tongas |
A pilgrim from Patiala |
Kashmirir Handicrafts |
A Kashmiri Muslim Woman [Update: Photographer is Henry Guttmann. 1900] |
Koh-i-Noor Glacier |
Mar Canal |
Martand |
A Muslim Singer-Beggar |
Kashmiri Musilm Women with Hookhas and Kangri |
Pandit Men Among other things, this book records what Pandit men were made to do by the community if say a Kashmiri Muslim man ‘stole’ their wife (as they say,‘zanana chori ho gaya!’ ). The loss of caste in case of woman was of course permanent, but as a penance, for three days she was to eat only in evening, then following three day she was to eat only in morning and then for next three days eat only what she was offered in alms. The husband on the other hand was not to touch food for three days. He was to not sleep and to constantly utter, ‘Ram,Ram’. |
Amarnath Route |
Ruins of temple at Khotair (?) |
Shah Hamadan/Kali Temple |
Third Bridge |
A tourist on Elephant |
A village and a bridge |
A marriage procession |
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