1920 Hooper Limousine rebodied to Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (Chassis 6UE) and added Satyanarayan Temple. WBH 502 India.
This vintage car (chassis number 6UE) was bought by Rudyard Kipling much after he had returned to England from India. He used the car for six years before selling it to Kumar Ganga Dhar Bagla in London in 1927. Bagla transported it back to his estates in Calcutta (Kolkata) the same year. Since then, the car has remained in the possession of the family as part of its 'Debottar' estate that was founded by the grand sire, Raja Raibahadur Shew Bux Bagla, in 1884. The estate has a number of Satyanarayan temples built across the country, including Bengal, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Keeping the chassis and engine intact, the car’s body has now been remodeled into a chariot with a throne in which the family takes its Lord Krishna for a ride twice a year - once before Holi and then on the 18th day after his 'Birth' on Janmashtami, which usually falls in Bhadra in Indian calendar. It is a Hooper limousine. Rolls makes the chassis, engine and dashboard and then collaborates with body makers like Hooper.
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Photo credit: © Biswarup Ganguly / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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