Water Maid. Jaipur.
A woman balancing water pots on her head is a common site across the Indian subcontinent.
A woman balancing water pots on her head is a common site across the Indian subcontinent.
Sometimes also called "Sleeping Hindoo Woman" this postcard was about as risque as they got and was labelled "India circulation" in an album of Gobindram Oodeyram postcards put together by one S.
Discontinued after 1949 when Rajasthan province was created and acceded to India, the Sun Procession celebrated the descent of the Maharajah's family from the sun goddess Surya.
This card was sent to a Miss Rosemead in Sussex, England.
One of the less common "nautch girl" or dancing women postcards where the toll of the profession is visible on the sitter's face.