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Title
Hindu Temples, Jammu, India, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“Hindoo [Hindu] temples at Jammu.” View of two temple spires rising above treetops with street leading to them. . Jammu is known as ‘the city of temples’ and is the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Access to the capital was restricted until talks ensued with Prince Amar Singh and the Maharaja which allowed for the opening of a public school. Hari Singh was superintendent of the mission and John F W Youngson (1852-1920) was the Church of Scotland minister.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 8.2 x 7.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75648202-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79044
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75648202-1.jpg
Subject
Spires
Streets
Temples
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Asia
India
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
Source
Acc.7548/F/10 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75648200 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from India mission
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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