Puran Reading in a Temple
This image by the Indian painter M.V. Dhurandhar manages to convey a real sense of personality and drama to the situation through the face and gesture of the priest.
Sent to Miss C. Blackwood, R.D. Route No.
Religion
Pagodas by Moonlight
[Original caption] Pagodas by Moonlight. A group of pagodas in Mandalay by the brilliant light of a tropical moon. [end]
Edith Pinhey, married to a judge in Bombay, was an artist and one of the few women to have signed Tucks postcards of the
Satyavati and Shantanu
[Original caption] Shantanu is trying to persuade Satyavati, the adopted daughter of a fisher, to marry him, & thus to satisfy his passionate desire. [end]
Parsi Priest
A studio portrait of a Parsi priest, holding an umbrella.
Queen's Mosque, Ahmedabad
Among the earliest postcards – and certainly early color postcards – of Ahmedabad is this view of Rani Rupamati's Mosque, built in the early 15th century and still standing.
Sacred Temple of Buddha's Tooth, Kandy
[Original caption] Sacred Temple of Buddha's Tooth, Kandy. This, the Temple of Maligawa, was built for the purpose of enshrining that priceless Buddhist relic, the Tooth of Gautama Buddha.
Jama Musjid
[Original caption] The great mosque, 200 years old, is a marvel of Indian architecture.
Group of Lamas
[Original caption] Group of Lamas. The Lamas are priests of the Buddhist religion.
Madras, Holy Tank at Tirukalikunoram
[Original caption] Madras, Holy Tank at Tirukalikunoram. Here in a great square court surrounded by people, palms, and neem-trees, we have one of the great Holy Tanks of Indian pilgrimage.
Souvenir of Burma
A unique postcard, I know of no other example.
