Hindus Collection

Ganges pilgrims passing a ghaut, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Ganges pilgrims passing a ghaut, [India], 1864. 'The road between Allahabad and Benares is literally crowded with pilgrims to the sacred river...They are coming from, or going to

A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Everything is conducted in a quiet, languid kind of way, suited to the heat of the climate and the character of the people...Nautches are being performed in various parts of

A Hindoo Fair in Cashmere, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Hindoo Fair in Cashmere, 1858. Bathing in India. During the summer the inhabitants of Cashmere are much addicted to making pilgrimages to the various places which tradition has given a repute for

Shrine of the Parbutty Temple at Poonah, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Shrine of the Parbutty Temple at Poonah, 1876. The future King Edward VII visits India. The temple of the Hindoo goddess Parbutty, or Paravati, the wife of Shiva

Ascetics before the Shrine of the Goddess, page from a dispersed series of the... early 19th cent. Creator: Unknown
Ascetics before the Shrine of the Goddess, page from a dispersed series of the Kedara Kalpa, early 19th century. The five pilgrims are shown engaged in three different activities

Joghi Wallahs at Benares, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Joghi Wallahs at Benares, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Indian ascetics:..an exhibition of "joghi wallahs." These are a class of Hindoo religious mendicants

Street in Benares, from a sketch by of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Street in Benares, from a sketch by of our special artists, 1876. View of the...ancient city, the venerated head-quarters of the Brahminical religion in Lower India...Vast numbers of pilgrims come

The Prince at the Temple of Srivangam, Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince at the Temple of Srivangam [sic], Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Hindoo Festival, Cashmere - from a photograph by W. J. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Festival, Cashmere, [India] - from a photograph by W. J. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. During the summer months in this delightful country the Hindoo population are constantly making pilgrimages to

Street Scene in Lahore - from drawings by W. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. Creator: Unknown
Street Scene in Lahore - from drawings by W. Carpenter, Jun. 1858....the capital of the Punjaub...is on the highroad from Central Asia to the rich plains of India, which have been

Hindoo Dance - from a native drawing, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Dance - from a native drawing, 1857. Devotees outside a temple in India. The dancing takes place in the open air, and behind may be seen the peculiar architecture of a Hindoo temple

A Swinging Festival in India, 1857. Creator: Unknown
A Swinging Festival in India, 1857....the infatuated native who was to be swung came in, amid the beating of Indian drums and the shouts of the people

The Rutt Jatthra, a Hindoo Festival held at Juggernauth, in Orissa, from a native drawing, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Rutt Jatthra, a Hindoo Festival held at Juggernauth, in Orissa, from a native drawing, 1857. Juggernauth, which means "the Lord of the World

Un usage d'Inde, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un usage d'Inde, 19th century. Comment on the Hindu custom of suttee: My dear friend, I have just paid you the sincerest compliment...our prince is good and dead

Pilgrims at the Sacred Fair of Hurdwar, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Pilgrims at the Sacred Fair of Hurdwar, 1845. Hindus at the Kumbh Mela on the River Ganges at Haridwar in India. From "Hindostan, The Shores of the Red Sea, and The Himalaya Mountains, Vol

A Suttee, 1845. Creator: D Roberts
A Suttee, 1845. Mourners on the ghats by the River Ganges, India. Suttee or sati was a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre

Folio from a manuscript of the Raga Darshan of Anup, dated A. H. 1214 / A. D. 1799-1800
Folio from a manuscript of the Raga Darshan of Anup, dated A.H. 1214/ A.D. 1799-1800

Worship of Shri Nathji, ca. 1700. Creator: Unknown
Worship of Shri Nathji, ca. 1700

Gosain Kirpal Girji, ca. 1720. Creator: Unknown
Gosain Kirpal Girji, ca. 1720

Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas, Folio... ca. 1616-17
Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas, Folio from a Razmnama, ca. 1616-17

Hindus Conversing before a Shrine, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Hindus Conversing before a Shrine, 17th century

The main world religions, c1723, (1908). Creator: Unknown
The main world religions, c1723, (1908). Representation of the main religions of the world: in the foreground, group of Muslim men with prayer beads, one standing and preaching

Hindu Temple in the Fort of the Rohtas, Bihar, India, c1790. Creator: Thomas Daniell
Hindu Temple in the Fort of the Rohtas, Bihar, India, Pl. 11 from Oriental Scenery, part 1 (w/c on paper), c.1790. Shows a Hindu temple at Rohtasgarh in Bihar, dated February 1790

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