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Portrait of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru  - 1958




Portrait of a Native Man - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) c1932




A Man is Drinking Water from a Road side Tap - Bombay (Mumbai) Late 1920's




Gold Mine Minehead at Kolar, Karnataka - 1912




A Hindu Holy Man (Sadhu) - Benares (Varanasi)  Late 1920's




Women Portars in Bombay (Mumbai) - Late 1920's




The Memorial Well in Cawnpore (Kanpur) - 19th Century Photograph




View of Taj Mahal from Agra Fort - c1928




Beggars in Benares (Varanasi) - Late 1920's




A Stall in a Market - Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) c1932



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South Indian Temple - c1880's

Rock Fort Temple in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu - c1880's

Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu - c1880's 

Qutb Minar and Great Arch in Delhi - c1880's

Buland Darwaza in Fatehpur Sikri - c1880's

Hindu Burning Ghat in Calcutta (Kolkata) - c1880's

Inside of the Tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great Showing Marble Sarcophagus - Sikandra (A suburb of Agra) c1880's

Mughal Emperor Humayun's Tomb - Delhi c1880's

The Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti in Fatehpur Sikri - c1880's b

 

 

The Holy Shadow

 There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven to see how a man could be so godly. This saint went about his daily life diffusing virtue as the stars diffuse light and the flowers scent, without being aware of it. His day could be summed up by two words -- he gave, he forgave -- yet these words never passed his lips. They were expressed in his ready smile, his kindness, forbearance, and charity.

The angels said to God, "Lord, grant him the gift of miracles."

God replied, "Ask what it is that he wishes."

 They said to the saint, "Would you like the touch of your hands to heal the sick?"

"No," answered the saint. "I would rather God do that."

"Would you like to convert guilty souls and bring back wandering hearts to the right path?"

"No, that is the angels' mission. It is not for me to convert."

"Would you like to become a model of patience, attracting men by the luster of your virtues, and thus glorifying God?"

"No," replied the saint. "If men should be attracted to me, they would become estranged from God." "What is it that you desire, then?" asked the angels.

"What can I wish for?" asked the saint smiling. "That God gives me his grace; with that would I not have everything?"

 The angels said, "You must ask for a miracle, or one will be forced upon you." "Very well," said the saint. "That I may do a great deal of good without ever knowing it."

 The angels were perplexed. They took counsel and resolved upon the following plan: every time the saint's shadow fell behind him or to either side, so that he could not see it, it would have the power to cure disease, soothe pain, and comfort sorrow.

 When the saint walked along, his shadow, thrown on the ground on either side or behind him, made arid paths green, caused withered plants to bloom, gave clear water to dried-up brooks, fresh color to pale children, and joy to unhappy men and women.

 The saint simply went about his daily life diffusing virtue as the stars diffuse light and the flowers scent, without being aware of it. The people, respecting his humility, followed him silently, never speaking to him about his miracles. Soon they even forgot his name, and called him "The Holy Shadow."

 One has to become the shadow, just a shadow of God. This is the greatest revolution that can happen to a human being: the transfer of the center. You are no longer your own center; God becomes your center. You live like his shadow.You are not powerful, because you don't have any center to be powerful. You are not virtuous; you don't have any center to be virtuous. You are not even religious; you don't have any center to be religious. You are simply not, a tremendous emptiness, with no barriers and blocks, so the divine can flow through you unhindered, uninterpreted, untouched -- so the divine can flow through you as he is, not as you would like him to be. He does not pass through your center -- there is none.

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Outram Institute In DUM DUM, Calcutta (Kolkata), India - c1890s

 Various Photos of Tea Plantation, Processing Plant, Bunglow and Horse Carriage - Sibsagar, Assam c1880's

 

 

 

 

 

 

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India Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Mohamad Chagla




Photo 1920 India Merchants Calculating The Day's Accounts




1946 An Untouchable Woman of India


 

1947 Burning of The Dead in varanasi India




INDIA ETHNIC NWFP PESHAWAR 2 NATIVE YOUNG WOMEN PATHANI CHUMS PHOTO CARD



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5th Maharaja of Gwalior Madho Rao Scindia (b_1876 - d_1925) - circa 1880

Prince Sardar Singh (1880-1911) of Jodhpur - circa 1885 a

Maharaja Venkat Raman Singh (born_ 1876, Ruled_ 1880-1918) of Rewa - Circa 1885

Three Unindentified Young Princes of India - circa 1890 c

 

 

 Rabindranath Tagore in a Car

A Group of People witha an ascetic or Fakir - India c1912-14

Group seated near water tank, probably on the Maidan, Kolkata_ The group are likely to be pilgrims from outside West Bengal

People Under Trees on the Maidan - Kolkata (Calcutta) c1912-14

Ferris wheel in a Street Fair - Kolkata (Calcutta) c1912-14

Group of People around Tank Edge on the Maidan - Kolkata (Calcutta) c1912-14

Washermen at a dhobi ghat - India c1912-14

Grain sellers, possibly on the Maidan, Kolkata (Calcutta) India c1912-14

 Grain sellers, possibly on the Maidan, Kolkata (Calcutta) India c1912-14

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Vintage Photograph of an Indian Sadhu - c1885

 

1928 Rice Paddy Field Kashmir Valley India Agriculture



1971 India Indian Troops Alleged Pakistan Chaffee Tank Wire Photo



 

Qutb Minar and Tombs - c1880's





1971 Bongaon India Refugees from Pakistan Flood the Border Wire Photo

 

1971 Meherpur, East Pakistan Refugees Seek Safety in India Wire Photo


 

1971 India East Pakistan Border, Refugees at Food Center Wire Photo


 

Inflating bullock-skin boats, ca 1900, North India