Photographs from 'Our summer in the vale of Kashmir' (1915) by Frederick Ward Denys.
A 'Bathing Spot' at Achabal. Interestingly, most other writers didn't given credit to Kashmiris when it came to bathing.
Ruins of Avantipur
Baramulla
Bhaniyar or Buniar or Bhavaniyar Temple, on the road between Uri and Naoshera.
British Polo Team
British Residency
Camp Site at Chenar Bagh, a favorite of western tourists.
Reverend C.E. Tyndale Biscoe being conferred Kaiser-i-Hind in 1912.
Chenar Bagh
"In all things be Men". CMS School, at Fateh Kadal.
Gate of Biscoe School, at Lal Chowk. 2008. [
previously]
Ekka
English Church. Church = religious Freedom. Temple atop hill = autocratic power. These were less interesting and simple times!
Food Bazar. [Check out
rate of various commodities in Kashmir back then ]
Gulmarg Entrance.
Gulmarg Entrance 2008
Hari Singh.
His temple singers. 2009. Check the headgear.
K2?
Kanz and Mool being used for pounding rice. [
Photograph by R.E. Shorter]
Kashmiri Cricket team at Gulmarg (?)
Fakir
Houseboat named 'Diana'.
Houseboat named Neil Armstrong. Over Dal. 2008.
Playing
Saz-long. [Update:
Photographer James Ricalton, 1903]
Musicians and Dancing girls (figure on left, in foreground, looks more like
Bacha).
A Domestic Rice Mill: The charm of Kashmir is that it is distinctively
itself. A walk through the bazaars, the huts and factories presents a
living panorama of the India of the imagination. Here are to be seen the
flashing colors, the turbaned heads and the picturesque groups of the
populace at work and at play.
[Update: Photographer James Ricalton, 1903]
One more addition to the
witches of Kashmir
Children weaving rugs
Killing the demons of Wular. .
River Lidar near Gulmarg
Lidar Valley above Pahalgam
Life around River Jhelum
Royal Post Tonga carrying mail
Martand
Mission Hospital
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| The Srinagar
Club, always the scene of life and gaiety, has an ideal setting in the
shade of a magnificent chenar grove on the mirrored waters of the Jhelum
with the Takhat as a background. |
Nishat Bagh
Temple of Pandrathan, when the tank was dry.
Plowing
Poplar Avenue. [Update: Photographer James Ricalton, 1903
]
Rest house at Chakoti
Rest-house at Domel
Seventh Bridge or Saffa Kadal
Shankaracharya
Sher Garhi Temple. On right side of the image can be seen the dome of
Gadhadhar Temple or Shri Sanatan Dharam Sabha. [Details of the temple
here]
Shisha Nag Glacier
No one in Kashmir is in hurry. What isn't done today will certainly be done tomorrow. But tomorrow is very slow in arriving.
Third Bridge on Jehlum, Fateh Kadal
The suspension bridge at Uri
View from Shankaracharya hill
Human Welcome. 'While many think that the present rulers of India only
play at royalty, that their thrones are but pleasing conceits and their
scepters empty baubles allowed to them by an indulgent overlord, the
Maharaja of Kashmir is a free agent in all material things and the
allegiance of the populace to him is very real.'
That note makes this image all the more ironic.
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