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Philim shooting in Kashmir, 1973

‘Rajesh Khanna – Bombay Superstar’ documentary was broadcast as part of ‘Man Alive’ series on BBC 2 in 1973. And was later repeated in 1982 as part of the ‘Festival of India’ that took place that summer in the UK. Rajesh Khanna was the biggest movie star of India.

The documentary has been diligently converted from VHS and uploaded to Youtube by Pavitra66.

It was the fourth part of the video that caught my attention. Shooting of a Mumtaz-Rajesh Khanna movie in a Kashmiri village.

Enjoy the sound!

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Vintage Vanity Box

Shared by Man Mohan Munshi Ji.
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Vanity box with mirrors and tray used by ladies of the affluent households of Kashmiri Pandits during late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The box is made of budal wood (pencil cidar) and profusely painted with Kashmiri designs similar to those used in Kashmir paper mache articles.
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Sketch Map and Pictures, 1842

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Sketch map of Jammu & Kashmir  by J .& C.Walker Sculpt.,  1842
Sketch of Interior of Srinagar along Jhelum 3rd bridge (Fateh Kadal)
and Shah Hamdan Ziarat in the distance  drawn by Day & Hagelith
Sketch of Charchinari island in Dal Lake by by Day & Hagelitch. Faint
view of Mahadev and SriDwara mountains  is visible in the background.

 In year 1942, the three sketches were published in London by  Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough  Street.

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Articles of Puja

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An engraved copper plate, Ratendeep (Deep) , copper vessel, copper Niaruin for pouring water on Saligram and a copper spoon for amrit on a brass Badrapeeth used by my grandparents ( 1868-1954).

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Kasher Kh’ase

A wonderful guest post by Man Mohan Munshi Ji.I had been looking for a Khos for a long time now.
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Since Kashmniri Pandits in good old days did not use crockery for tea but metallic cups mostly of bronze [ an alloy of copper and tin] but a very few affluent families also used German silver cups [ an alloy of copper,zinc and nickel]. German Silver cups were certainly imported but it is not know that the said cups resembled the bronze by coincidence or were specially ordered.

Kasher Kh’ase  (Kashmiri Teacups )
(Left) Loi hund Khos (Bronze Cup)
(right) German Silver’uk Khos

(left) An engraved brass vessel used for measuring the rice for
cooking of a large joint family. Capacity of the vessel is about 3/4
of a seer.

(right). An engraved copper tumbler kept for some religious rituals.
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150 Years old Shiva Painting

Guest post by Man Mohan Munshi Ji. I remember reading somewhere that the depiction is know as Amriteshwar Bhairav.

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A 150 years old Shiva Painting by an unknown Kashmiri Pandit artist. I was told by my grandfather(1868-1954) that this painting was in our ancestral house before he was born.

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Verinag, Rainbow Trout

Guest post by Man Mohan Munshi Ji. I remember reading that Rainbow Trout from Isleman in Denmark was first introduced in Kashmir in the 1950s.

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Verinag Spring
   At one time only the local Kashmiri Fish (Sater Gad) used to be in
 Verinag Spring but since a number of years Rainbow trout has also
found its way