Govinda Ram Mittee's Pagoda, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1792 The Black Pagoda, a Shiva temple built in north Calcutta around 1730 by the wealthy merchant Govinda Ram Mitter, was perhaps never completely finished. The main tower collapsed some time around 1800, and only one of the smaller subsidiary shrines survives. The aquatint reproduces a scene set in the Chitpore Bazaar, with water buffalo swimming in the tank and huts with characteristic Bengali curved eaves. The tank is for the ritual ablutions. From the book ' Oriental scenery: one hundred and fifty views of the architecture, antiquities and la
Govinda Ram Mittee's Pagoda, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1792 The Black Pagoda, a Shiva temple built in north Calcutta around 1730 by the wealthy merchant Govinda Ram Mitter, was perhaps never completely finished. The main tower collapsed some time around 1800, and only one of the smaller subsidiary shrines survives. The aquatint reproduces a scene set in the Chitpore Bazaar, with water buffalo swimming in the tank and huts with characteristic Bengali curved eaves. The tank is for the ritual ablutions. From the book ' Oriental scenery: one hundred and fifty views of the architecture, antiquities and landscape scenery of Hindoostan ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, Published in London by the Authors July 1, 1812
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