Fakirs
[Original caption] Fakirs. The Fakirs are a large body of religious fanatics. They go naked or in filthy rags, and partake only of the meanest food, and that without request or thanks.
Divided back
Kandy From Lady Horton's Walk
[Original caption] Kandy From Lady Horton's Walk This walk winds picturesquely around one of the hills which overhang the little lake upon which the town of Kandy is situated.
In the Simla Bazaar
A painted postcard of Simla, published by the local branch of one of the Raj's major retailers based in Kolkata.
Bombay. Shigean
[Original caption] The Shigean is a small two-wheeled vehicle in use in Bombay and other Eastern cities. As a rule it is drawn by a couple of small oxen of the Zebu family.
Madras. San Thome Cathedral
[Original caption] San Thome Cathedral. The town of S. Thome, now part of Madras City, was named after the Portugese pioneers, after St. Thomas the Apostle, who is said to have evangelized the country.
Entrance Dahl Lake
Dal Lake in Srinagar in an artist painted postcard. Dal Lake is connected to a number of other lakes in Kashmir Valley and is well known for its shikaras or house boats.
Rose Harvest [La Recolte des Roses]
![Rose Harvest [La Recolte des Roses]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/roses_0.jpg?itok=dbVLUspd "Rose Harvest [La Recolte des Roses]")
[Original caption] Rose Harvest.
Burmese Snake Charmers
While postcards of snake charmers were common in India, one of the more striking such views might be this one from Ahuja's studio in Rangoon, Burma. While one man touches a snake, the other uses not a flute but cymbals to manage the snakes.
Sita-Vanvas
[Original caption] Sita Vanawasa :– Sita, when captured by Ravan, the king of Lanka, was carried and kept in a forest named "Ashok-van" by him, and he ordered demons to watch her. This picture represents that Sita sat thinking under a tree. [end]
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and one of the primary leaders of India's Independence struggle and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi.
