A Distant View of the Temple at Alla Bhaugh, with different natives in the Concan
Description: Plate 26 from the first volume of James Forbes'"Oriental Memoirs", a work in the form of a series of letters richly illustrated, describing various aspects of nature, people and buildings he met with during his travels in India in the 1760s-70s. Describing the two temples abuilt by the Mahratta chieftain 'Ragojee Agria' and his Dewan Govind Sett, at Alibaug in the western coast of India called the Konkan, Forbes(1749-1819)wrote: 'the outer one a square, well proportioned, covered by a large dome, and adorned at each corner by a lofty spire, composed of cupolas, gradually diminishing to the summit, with appropriate ornaments...the outer temple was dedicated to public worship, the inner exclusively to the brahmins...in front of the temples a spacious area contained a tank lined with hewn stone for the ablutions of the worshippers...the surrounding groves were enlivened by dancing-girls and musicians...the Temple, lake and gardens at Allah Baugh, presented an excellent specimen of modern oriental magnificence'.
Creator:
Artist : Forbes, James
Geographic coverage: 73.416664,18.083332; Konkan
Date: [1813]
Date of creation: 1813
Type: StillImage; Print
Format: jpeg; 22.2; 29.1; Centimetres; Engraving
Subject: India, British School, Travels, Konkan, Goa, Ethnology; South Asia -- History; 954
Identifier: 019XZZ0000455C7U00026000; 455.c.7
Is part of: Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections. Collect Britain
Rights: Copyright © British Library Board
Data provider: The British Library
Provider: The European Library
Providing country: United Kingdom
