Some more vintage photographs from ‘Kashmir in Sunlight & Shade: a Description of the Beauties of the Country, the Life, Habits and Humour of its Inhabitants, and an Account of the Gradual but Steady Rebuilding of a Once Down-trodden People’ by Cecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe (1922).
A Winter scene by Pandit Vishwanath.
Back waters of Dal
Floating Gardens of Dal.
Diving from the old school.
Dussehra sequence from Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar The Clown wasn’t mere magic realism.
Tiny dots are the pilgrims.
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thanks! More to follow.
Why are there 6 effigies in the photo of Dussera . Who the extra 3 ???
In the image we can see that 2 figures are multi-headed and on top they carry the donkey head…which would mean they represent Ravana and Sahasra Ravana as in Shakta versions of Ramayan popular in Kashmir. Then Kumbhkaran and Indrajit, as is the norm…the additional figures could be Kumbha and Nikumbha.
What’s the proof this image is from Kashmir …the dushera one…
Dussehra celebration in Srinagar during that era is well documented in books and magazines (like National Geographic) of that time. Dussehra, when it is celebrated in Srinagar, is still celebrated in same Polo-ground.