Tamil Collection

The home of snooker - The Ottacamund Club, Southern India
Playing snooker at the Ootacamund Club, Ootacamund (known as Snooty Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, where snooker originated on the billiard tables during the Raj

View of the hill station of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India, with St Anthonys Church in the middle distance, and beef and mutton stalls on the left. Date: circa 1910s

Tamil girl, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Shiva Nataraja, King of Dance. 850-1100. Hindu art. Chola art. Sculpture on bronze. FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: INDIA. TAMIL NADU

Gopuram - Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, India
Gopuram of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Thiruvarangam) - a Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganatha, a form of the Supreme God, Maha Vishnu, located in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

The home of snooker - The Oottacamund Club, Southern India
Playing snooker at the Ootacamund Club, Ootacamund (known as Snooty Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, where snooker originated on the billiard tables during the Raj

Hill Fort of Gingee or Senji, Tamil Nadu, India. 1835

Interior of Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Island, India
Interior (The Great Corridor) of Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India, a Hindu temple in Dravidian style dedicated to the god Shiva. Date: circa early 1930s

Polygars of Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), Southern India
Polygars (Palaiyakkarars, military chiefs) of Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), Tamil Nadu (Madras State), Southern India. Date: 1842

Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907
Showing the plantation where the rubber is produced for the Dunlop Tyres factory where it is pressed, stretched and moulded into shape ready to be used on motorcars. Date: 1907

RACIAL / SRI LANKA / BARBER
A Tamil barber shaves a customers head Date: 1893

Shiva Nataraja. Bronze. 12th century. India
Shiva Nataraja. 12th century. Bronze, Chola style. Tamil Nadu, India. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Madurai - Meenakshi Amman Hindu Temple, Tamil Nadu, India
Meenakshi Amman Temple, a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of river Vaigai at Madurai, the administrative headquarters of Madurai District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Minakshi-Sundareshwara Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Minakshi-Sundareshwara Temple with Great Pagoda, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. Date: circa 1910s

China Bazaar Road, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
China Bazaar Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

Kodaikanal hill station, Tamil Nadu, India, with ox-drawn carts on the road. Date: circa 1905

Mettupalayam Railway Bridge, near Coonoor, India
Mettupolliam (Mettupalayam) Railway Bridge, near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu state, India. Date: circa 1910

Barracks, Ooty (Ootacamund), Tamil Nadu, India
Barracks with parade and gun salute, Ooty hill station (Ootacamund, Udhagamandalam), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

Temple at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Hindu) at Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy, Tiruchi), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Monster Gun of Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
Monster Gun of Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. This enormous iron cannon was built during the reign of Raghunatha Nayak (17th century), and is thought to be one of the largest in the world

Madras (Chennai) from the jetty, Tamil Nadu, India
Madras (Chennai) viewed from the jetty, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Senate House, Madras Chennai University, India
Senate House, Madras Chennai University, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Thaipusam, Hindu Festival - Singapore - Vel Kavadi
Thaipusam, Hindu Festival, marked by Piercings and Painful Rituals in Singapore. The festival is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India

Rockfort, Tank and Clives House, Tiruchirappalli, India
Tiruchirappalli (formerly called Trichinopoly and nicknamed Tiruchi or Trichy) - a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District

Hindu Temple at Thanjavur, India
Hindu Temple at Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore, a municipality and the headquarters of the Thanjavur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Date: circa 1910s

A Tamil Woman from Sri Lanka holding a large banana leaf above her head Date: circa 1920s

Mausoleum at Aruganthampoodi, Tamil Nadu, India
Aruganthampoodi is a village of great historical importance situated in the Vellore District of Tamil Nadu. The village holds the mausoleums of the family members of Tipu Sultan

Fort and Rock, Trichinopoly, Tamil Nadu, India
Fort and Rock, Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchi, Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1905

Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Courtyard of Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910s

View from Landing Place, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
View of the city from the Landing Place, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1904

Connemara Hotel, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Bachelors quarters, Connemara Hotel, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1904

Roof Garden, Hotel d Angelis, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Roof Garden, Hotel d Angelis, Mount Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

View of Ooty hill station, Tamil Nadu, India
View of Ooty (Udhagamandalam, Ootacamund, Udhagai) hill station, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

Cinchona / Quinine
A plantation of cinchona - Peruvian or Jesuits Bark - in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu State, India : the governor of Madras plants the first tree in a new plantation Date: 1862

History of the Missions, 1863. India. Tiruchirappalli
HENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863

History of the Missions, 1863. India. Aramanei Palace
HENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863

Happy group of wolf cubs, Mauritius
A happy group of wolf cubs on a sandy beach in Mauritius

2nd Port Louis (Tamil) group of scouts, Mauritius
Members of the Stag Patrol of the 2nd Port Louis (Tamil) group of scouts, Mauritius, camping under palm trees on the coast, with a decoration on the ground outside their tent

Member of 3rd Port Louis (Tamil) group of scouts, Mauritius
A member of the Sir Francis Drake Patrol of the 3rd Port Louis (Tamil) group of scouts, Mauritius, putting the finishing touches to a decoration on the ground made from sand and shells

Scouting patrol leaders on weekend course, Mauritius
Scouting patrol leaders on a weekend course, Mauritius, seen here carrying a scout on a structure made from aloe, a type of bamboo

Great Stone Bull, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
Great Stone Bull in the Brihadishvara Temple, Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

The Inner Gopuram, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
The Inner Gopuram in the Brihadishvara Temple, Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Carvings at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Ornate stone carvings of horses and riders at Tiruchirappalli (Trichy, Tiruchi), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Government Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam, Ooty), Tamil Nadu state, India. Date: circa 1890s

Part of Brihadishvara Temple, Tanjore, India
Part of the Brihadishvara Temple, Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Scene in Tiruchirappalli (Tiruchi or Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Golden Lily Tank, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
The Golden Lily Tank, part of the Great Pagoda (Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple) at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

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