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RTN010:An engraving by Poisson after a painting by Sonnerat, showing the Festival of ‘Teroton’.
RTN013:A hand-colored engraving by Poisson, after an original painting by Sonnerat, depicting dancers and musicians in a wedding procession.
RTN014:From the British Museum. Detail of Simpson’s model chariot showing Vaishnavite dancers, nattuvanar and musicians.
RTN015:From the Victoria & Albert Museum. An early company painting showing a Vaishnavite procession with musicians and a single dancer.
RTN016:From the British Museum, circa 1830. A crowded procession with palanquin, and musicians and dancers visible among the crowd in the centre of the illustration.
RTN018:Victoria & Albert Museum: Another Vaishnavaite procession with musicians and two dancers dressed in golden-yellow garments.
RTN019:From the private collection of Madhurakkaran Karthikeyan: A devadasi dancing publicly during a Chitirai Thiruvizha procession in Madurai. Circa 1910-1915.
RTN020:From the private collection of Madhurakkaran Karthikeyan
RTN021:Three devadasis stand before an elaborately carved rathotsava chariot, wearing silk saris, layered jewelry, and flowers in their hair. Their poised stances and serious expressions suggest ritual dignity. The sepia-toned postcard captures temple sculpture, textile textures, and early photography aesthetics, evoking ceremonial life, gendered labor, and sacred performance in colonial-era South India during public festivals and processions linked to temples.
RTN022, RTN023, RTN024, RTN025: From the Victoria & Albert Museum: A selection of company paintings showing various Shaivite processional festivals with a single dancer and musicians present in each.
RTN026:From an unknown postcard vendor: A temple chariot with four dancers, possibly from the temple of Villianur near Pondicherry.
RTN027:Unknown photographer, showing devadasis and attendants at the Kameeswarar Temple of Villianur.
RTN028:From an unknown postcard vendor, showing a wooden doll attached to a temple chariot and representing an absent devadasi.
RTN030:Devdasis in 1920s
RTN031:A painting by Georgian Bayaderes
RTN032:Antique illustration of Devadasi. Engraving published in Systematischer Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon, Ikonographische Encyklopaedie der Wissenschaften und Kuenste (Brockhaus, Leipzig) in 1875.
RTN033:A photograph taken by Marcus B. Fuller depicting an elderly woman who may have been a devadasi.
RTN034:A photograph taken by Marcus B fuller showcasing an archaic Hindu temple where temple dancers cease to exist.
RTN035: "NAUTCH GIRLS"
A photograph take by Marcus B. Fuller depicting Nautch girls.
RTN036:A photograph taken by Marcus B. Fuller of a Hindu temple.
RTN 046:"A Typical Nautch Girl"
RTN 046:"A Typical Nautch Girl"
Image by : Ted Shawn's - God Who Dance see RTN 047
RTN 048:"Nautch girls of Cawnpore performing a fire dance"
RTN 048:"Nautch girls of Cawnpore performing a fire dance"
Image by : Ted Shawn's - God Who Dance see RTN 047
RTN 049: "Malka Jan Of Calcutta"
RTN 049: "Malka Jan Of Calcutta"
Image by : Ted Shawn's - God Who Dance see RTN 047
RTN 050: "A Kashmiri nautch dancer"
RTN 050: "A Kashmiri nautch dancer"
Image by : Ted Shawn's - God Who Dance see RTN 047
RTN 051: "the famous bachwa jaan"
RTN 051: "the famous bachwa jaan"
Image by : Ted Shawn's - God Who Dance see RTN 047
RTN 052: "A group of Nautch Girls"
RTN 052: "A group of Nautch Girls"
Image by : Ted Shawn's - God Who Dance see RTN 047
Note: All paintings and photographs are presented solely for archival and educational purposes, as a space to preserve their histories and contexts. Their inclusion does not imply authorship or claim of artistic credit.
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