Title

A Hindoo Fair in Cashmere, 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

A Hindoo Fair in Cashmere, 1858. Bathing in India. 'During the summer the inhabitants of Cashmere are much addicted to making pilgrimages to the various places which tradition has given a repute for sanctity, and the principal feature at the sacred spot is invariably a spring, often of considerable volume, which...has its waters confined in a tank...The people here perform their devotions under the superintendence of the Brahmins, making offerings and receiving in return the sacred mark on their forehead. Bathing in the tank continues all day...Booths are erected round the tank, where provisions are sold, as well as women's ornaments and toys for children, of which the staple appears to be trumpets and whistles, a dozen of which can be procured for the traditional value assigned them of one penny'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A81_419

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NA

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NA

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Rights managed

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34,1Mb (3,8Mb) / 13,2in x 10,0in / 3973 x 3004 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature water tree female women woman people male man men hygiene health India religious Indian plant plants arts country religion bathing washing art guy spring British geography traditional tradition shade color Hinduism tent tents location century Britain hygienic tank newspapers press print concept Hindu typical B&W hindus kashmir engraved engraving Colour Shaded 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century trees The Print Collector bathing pool geographical feature Hindoostan Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century