Monday, April 28, 2014

MEMORABLE EVENTS FROM OLD CEYLON

Agostina, a Sinhalese low-caste girl c.1867

Plate XII : Agostina, a Singhalese low-caste girl. Artist Baron Eugene de Ransonnet. Vienna.

Agostina was a Christian girl 13 years of age, and performed the duties as an ayah in a native house of Pelmadulla.

Cinghalese Chiefs at Kandy

Images from The Illustrated London News (ILN), January 15, 1876 The Royal Visit To India and Ceylon.

Ceylon Tamil girl Plucking a Tea Bush 1886

The Ceylon Tea Industry – Tamil Girl Plucking a Tea BushDrawing by W.E.E. Britten

Published by “The Graphic” 19th June 1886

Buddhist Priest with the food Bowl, Ceylon 1911

Buddhist Priest with the Begging Bowl, at Market Place in Ceylon(Sri Lanka)

Date: 1911 s

Kandyan Chief, father of Loco Banda – Ceylon

Ceylon – Kandian Chief, Father of Loco Banda

Images from The Illustrated London News (ILN), August 17, 1850 The Late Insurrection In Ceylon

Date/Era: 1850

Location: Ceylon, Sri Lanka.

Prince inspecting the Sacred Tooth, Kandy c.1876

The Prince of Wales inspecting The Sacred Tooth at Kandy, Ceylon.

The Dalada or Tooth Relic of Buddha and Golden Lotus Flower in the Maligawa Temple, Kandy, Ceylon as Exhibited to The Prince of Wales, The Dalada As It Is Exhibited for The Worship of the Cinghalese. Date: 8th January 1876.

Introducing Cinghalese Chiefs to the Prince early c.1876

Singhalese, (Cinghalese) Chiefs waiting for the Prince of Wales at Kandy, Ceylon, Sri Lanka.

Date/Era:15th January 1876

Prince presenting the municipal council in 1876

January 15, 1876 The Royal Visit To India & Ceylon Images from The Illustrated London News (ILN)

Reception of the Prince at Kandy

Reception of the Prince at Kandy

Images from The Illustrated London News (ILN), January 15, 1876 The Royal Visit To India & Ceylon.

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