Pareshnath Temple complex: View from interior pond and garden of two of the temples

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

Part of: Architectural Lantern Slides of India (includes present-day Pakistan)

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The temple was built by a Marwari Shrimal Jain named Rai Badridas Bahadoor Mookim in 1867. Badridas had made his fortune as a jeweler, serving as a court jeweler to the Viceroy and Governor General. The complex is subdivided into 4 areas, each with a temple. The temples are studded with mirrors and Belgian glass, covered with mosiac. They are surrounded by ornamental gardens and ponds.

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Creator: G. Massiot & cie
Date: Circa 1910
Publisher: Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Material Type: photographs
Conditions Governing Access: To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library to arrange an appointment
Related Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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