Hindu Collection (page 9)

Prang Sam Yod, Thailand
Prang Sam Yod, Lopburi, Thailand. This massive stone sanctuary was founded in the thirteenth century by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII

Partition. Refugees crossing the border between Pakistan
A lorryload of Sikh and Hindu refugees about to cross the Wagah Bridge between Pakistan and India to escape the mass killings and atrocities between Muslims

Partition. Sikh and Hindu refugees in Western Punjab
Sikh and Hindu refugees from the Western Punjab cook their meals on a railway platform at Lahore awaiting trains to take them across the border to India. They are protected by wire put up by police

Benares - Banks of the Ganges, India
Bathing on the banks of the River Ganges at Benares. This card also shows the Raja Jai Singh Observatory. The massive structure was one of a number of astronomical observatories built by Maharaja

Indian Hindu Fakir
A superb photograph (on a postcard) of a Hindu Indian Fakir with immensely long hair

A sweeper - India
A sweeper calls. Indian man wearing turban carrying traditional basket and hand broom

Indian Immigrants at Vancouver Docks, Canada, 1907
Photograph showing a group of Hindu Indians arriving in Canada, with the docks in the background, Vancouver, 1907. This group disembarked from the steamer Monteagle

The Great Temple of Madura, India, 1930
Photograph showing the monumental sculpture of the Hindu Temple at Madura, India, c.1930. This temple was dedicated to Siva (Sundareshwara) and the fish-eyed goddess Minakshi

Visnu First Avatar
The first avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu shows the god emerging from the mouth of a fish

Concepts / The Cosmos
THE COSMIC TURTLE The Universe as conceived in Hindu doctrine - creation supported by a giant turtle

Third avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The third avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Sixth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The sixth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The seventh avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. In this avatar he is also known as Rama

Ninth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The ninth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Tenth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The tenth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Second incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu
The second incarnation (avatar) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Fifth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The fifth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The eighth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu

Fourth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu
The fourth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu, in which he manifests as a man-lion hybrid

Hindu snake charmer
A Hindu snake charmer

Mata Hari / Civa Dance
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Exotic dancer performs the Prayer to Civa, expressing coquetry and anger, seduction and fury, love and hate

Religion / Gods / Vishnu
The Hindu god Vishnu in his first incarnation/avatar, shown here appearing out of a fish

Hindu Village Festival
The annual Hindu festival of a village goddess at Periyapalayam, near Madras

Racial / India / Hindus 19C
A group of Hindu people

India / Bombay / Temple 1906
Bombay: Hindu Temple (Monkey Temple) in Kalbadevi Road

Hindu New Year
INDIA The women of a Hindu household offer food to the gods of the heavens in the traditional Pongol new year ceremony

Indian Clergyman
A Hindu clergyman, converted by missionaries, spreads the word to his fellow-countrymen - he is depicted being welcomed into a village

HINDU TORN
A Hindu convert is torn between his new faith and his loyalty to the faith of his family

Selling Clever Birds
Hindu street-traders offer clever birds for sale - presumably speaking birds

Hindu Architecture
Hindu and Mahomedan buildings and sculpture

Hindu Creation Myth
Symbolic depiction of the Hindu (Brahman) CREATION myth

Preparing for Suttee
Preparing for the immolation of a Hindu widow

Hindu God / Ganesa
GANESA, god of wisdom and art; a benign deity depicted in human form with an elephants head

Victoria & Hindu Servant
VICTORIA with her Hindu secretary, Munshi Abdul Karim, at Balmoral, towards the end of her life

Indian Bayaderes
Two bayaderes - Hindu dancing girls of southern India - perform before an audience of appreciative males

Surya the Sun-God
The Hindu deity Surya is an archetypal sun-god, traversing the heavens in his chariot and overpowering his enemies with the heat of his rays

Rama in Lanka
Rama, Hindu divine hero, is able to successfully invade the island of Lanka because friendly apes build a bridge for him from the mainland

Hindu school with teacher and pupils, India
Scene at a Hindu school, with teacher and pupils under a shady roof

Sacred bull in Benares, India
A sacred bull in Benares, India, eats a leafy offering. In the Hindu religion, all cattle are sacred

HINDU JUGGERNAUT
The car of Jagannath ( Juggernaut )

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