A Strange Case of Beauty, 1907


At the beginning of 20th century, it seems, there were so many Kashmiris living in Punjab that if a random photographer went out to shoot a random Punjabi woman there was a good chance he would come back with a random shot of Kashmiri woman.

The following postcard dated 1907 (Bombay) and captioned ‘A model of Panjab Beauty’ is probably the strangest curio in my collection.

But, it obviously needed some fixing…

4 Replies to “A Strange Case of Beauty, 1907”

    1. Most married Pandit woman do now wear a bindi but as shown by the images, it wasn't always the case. However, dejhoor was and is the real symbol of married women among pandit.

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