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| Keywords: Small temple and swing at Bikampulli.jpg en Photographer Tripe Linnaeus Medium Photographic print Date 1858 This photograph of a small temple and swing at Bikampulli was taken by Linnaeus Tripe in 1858 and published in an album entitled 'Photographic Views of Ryakotta and other places in the Salem District with descriptive notes by J A C Boswell Esq M C S ' Madras 1858 The volume is one of a series of publications issued in 1858 from Tripe's work as Government Photographer to the Madras Presidency Descriptive notes accompanying the album read 'The little village of Bikampulli is situated in the Denkenikotta Taluq and is about eleven and a half miles from Ryakotta The small temple represented in the view is dedicated to Mariyamma one of the inferior goddesses whose worship is particularly popular in the Salem District It was erected about 20 years ago The swing which occupies a prominent place in the foreground was also erected for performance of a vow by which a woman named Balasami had bound herself in a time of severe sickness On her recovery she erected the swing for the recreation of the goddess' Tripe was in charge of one of the battalions of the 12th Madras Native Infantry a regiment funded in 1824 and stationed in Madras In 1855 Tripe was commissioned to take photographs for the British East India Company and the Madras Presidency which resulted in six albums one of which was of Ryakotta 1858 http //www europeana eu/portal/search html query bikampulli Creator Linnaeus Tripe PD-old-100 Photographs of India by Linnaeus Tripe 1858 photographs Uploaded with UploadWizard Temples in Krishnagiri district Tamil Nadu in the 1850s | ||||
