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| Verinag Spring |
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| 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 |
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| Copper vessel with lid on a wooden Badrapeeth used for worship of Saligram (Banalingas) and Parthishor on Sawan Purnamashi by Kashmiri Pandits in the past. At present the use of these artifacts is no longer in practice. |
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| A closer view of the above wooden Badrapeeth showing fine artistic carvings. |
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| Wooden tumbler and cups made of wood at Anantnag (South Kashmir). This art is no longer in vogue The artisans since long have taken to walnut carvings . All these items have been used by my grand parents 1868-1954 approx. and at present are in my personal collection |
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| Not an antique but an elephant shaped tea cosy . [Apparently quite appreciated in the west] |
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| Snow Covered Konsar Nag Lake (Kramasaras) in Spring |
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| Mollen pot hole in a snow covered valley in Pir Panjal Range. |
Both photographs have been taken in May 1954 and are from my post graduate thesis paper submitted in 1955. Mollen Pot hole is a well/pond like shape carved in a thick snow bed by the under flowing water.
A photograph of of a Kashmiri Pandit Family taken in front of their farm house at a stones throw from the famous Neolithic site of Burzahom, Kashmir in 1930s.
Update: More info. from Man Mohan Munshi ji about the family in the photograph.
Mrs.Lakhshmi Fotedar, [At present in Noida]. Mrs. Jaya Razdan [at present in Orange county California. , Late Mrs. Uma Sumbli. Chairs: Late Mrs Gauri Munshi, Late Sham Lal Koul, Late Raghu Nath Koul, Late Jagan Nath Koul, Late Devki Koul front row sitting Mrs Rupa Koul[at present in Delhi] Manmohan Munshi[at present in Jammu] Kishni [present whereabouts unknown].
Kalamdan(pen stand ), Farsi Kalam (indigenous pen made of wood including the nib.),Silver Ink Pot ,stationery knife and scissors inherited and used by Pt. Mhanand Joo Dhar(1828-1908) who took over the land settlement department of Maharaja Pratab Singh, the Dogra ruler Jammu and Kashmir, after Sir Walter Lawrence departed for Europe.. Pt Mahanand Joo Dhar was great grand father of Maj-Gen.(Retd.) B.N.Dhar and late D.P.Dhar diplomat and cabinet minister in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet.
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Photograph generously shared by Anu Lalli ji. It’s from her family collection.
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| A silver kettle of old Kashmiri workmanship with a serpentine(Zaharmor) cup from Central Asia Both article are more than a century old. |
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Update from Man Mohan ji:
Some time back a friend from Face book had suggested that the ZAHARMOR cup from my collection shown along with the silver kettle was of made of ONYX. The mini tumbler seen here is of Onyx- which is a calcareous rock of sedimentary origin often depicting bedding as seen in the said tumbler while as Zaharmohar is a recrystallized rock of of altered pyroxenes.
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| Onyx tumbler to the left and Zaharmor to the right |
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| A giant Kangri (Firepot) about 20 inches in height and about 18 inches in diameter A household article believed to be about 100 years old. Kangri filled with live charcoal is still used for keeping warm during winters in Kashmir but of smaller size |
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| A giant Choncha – Wooden spoon -used for stirring eatables being cooked in huge terracota vessels |
