Old and historical pictures from the hindu archives.. Good captions too

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=1350184 ( K.B. Sundarambal, 1932 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=1148035 ( Veena Subbanna and Veena Seshanna 1902 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2536284 ( Thyagaraja Swami's Samadhi, 1940 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=1045640 ( Smt. Rukmani Devi, 1940 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2536290 ( Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=1173648 ( The Mysore Maharaja, Krishnaraja Wodiyar, 1936 )

General history, personalities

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2466541 ( Gandhi, 1886 )
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2535921 ( Gandhi in sergeant uniform, 1899 )
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2471227 ( Gandhi, 1931 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2472203 ( Indian independence movement, 1930 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2461595 ( Rajaji, 1939)
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2472617 ( Rajaji, sardar Patel, 1947)
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2461411 ( Rajaji, Kher 1933)

Places:

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=1121063 ( Bangalore, 1930 )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=20690 ( Chennai, 1920s )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=1121064 ( Bangalore, 1930s )

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2460128 (Mysore, 1932 )


( There are a whole lot more, you can search for them at http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/mySearch.do

If you find anything interesting related to music and dance, please post the links

we are all indebted not only to the archives of The Hindu, but to you for having posted the wonderful pictures of an era , when time appeared to stand still. The peaceful serene atmosphere is awesome.T his is certainly a new year gift by you to the forumites. gobilalitha

Thanks GBL. I also find those pictures quite poignant in many dimensions. One sort of abstract thought I get is the realization and reflection that when those pictures were taken, it was so lively and "present" for them, Same is happening to every moment that we pass through and we are continuously becoming someone else's past.. We better make every moment count.

BTW, I found this from another thread and it belong here. The caption gives the indication that it was a painting of Thyagaraja himself. Could this be true? I hope it is true.


Priceless: A rare painting that has been in the possession of Tyagaraya Seva Samithi, Nellore.


This seems to be the same as another one in the archive with some modifications...



A portrait of SaintThyagaraja, in Chennai. Photo: R. Shivajirao, April 28, 2004

Amazing! Many thanks VK!
...if only we could recover some DNA from the articles used by Thyagaraja .....

A few more...

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4022879 M.S. playing veena
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4018361 M.S. Subbulakshmi
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4018309 M.S. Subbulakshmi
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4018363 M.S. Subbulakshmi with Kamala Krishnamurhty's daughter Meera
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=1350180 K.B. Sundarambal receiving an award for Avvayyar
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=1350182 K.B. Sundarambal being felicitated
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4022902 1956 MS, PMI and others

http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=1362383 Chennai, 1930, Pasterurised milk on a tri cycle

Some more:

Travancore sisters Lalita and Pamini with Panditji: http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=1690289
Bombay Sisters: http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4538766
Smt. MSS: http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=4022869
Sri Rajaji and Smt. RDA: http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=2536139 (difficult to make people out)
Madras SNA (with Sri Rajaji, Smt. RDA and Sri Patanjali Sastry): http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=2461617

"Madras SNA (with Sri Rajaji, Smt. RDA and Sri Patanjali Sastry): http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=2461617"

I could see Anandhi Ramachandran in the fifth row.

Cienu, you must have very sharp eyes!!

DKP with Easwaran getting nadhabrahmam Award from Dayananda saraswathi
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=3992526

These are surely gems! thanks for pointing the links!!