This week we are posting images from India in different categories. Hope you will like these posts. As always, if we’ve missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the comments.
Below we present Old and Vintage Photographs of Beautiful India. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.
Indian Mother And Child
In the times of The British Raj
Bombay Bicycle Club – India
Hari Dasu – India
Woman – Madras, India
Golden Temple of Amritsar, Punjab – c1860’s
Family of Thomas de Souza, Bombay, India
Poor Cripple Beggar’s Ox Cart and Men Standing behind – Calcutta (Kolkata)
Kanchipuram Temple, India
Porters, North Bengal – c1856
White children, Indian carers
Boy from the caste of scribes – Bengal, c1856
Rabindranath Tagore with Brahmacharyashrama boys – Santiniketan 1903
Hooghly River Bank after the Cyclone – Calcutta (Kolkata) 1867
Temple, Southern India
Group Photograph of Bhutia People of Darjeeling – 1860’s
Parsi woman and son – India
Professional Dancing (Nautch) girls in the streets of Old Delhi – India 1906
Vintage Studio Photograph of Marwari Traders – Bombay (Mumbai)
A Royal Family of India
Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, India
Andaman Tribals Fishing – Circa 1870
Fruit Shop in an Indian Bazaar
Two Indian Ladies in Sari – Studio Portraits
Bridge in Srinagar – Kashmir
Indian Woman and Girls Outside of a House
Kailash Temple of Ellora, Maharashtra
Village Scene, Madura
The Taj Mahal, Agra
Women Grinding – India
Shop, Kurseong, India
Enjoying Hookah in an Indian Village
Tamil Beauty
The Harbor from the Yacht Club – Bombay
Toda Woman
People at the side of River Ganges – Benares (Varanasi)
Charminar. Street view, Hyderabad
Bhendy Bazaar, Mumbai
Indian Theatrical Group, Mumbai
Indian Woman
Group of Domestic Servants at Madras
Native Barber of Madras
Portrait of an Indian Village Woman
Portrait of Group of Brahmans
Studio Portrait of a Marathi Theatrical troupe – Bombay
Portrait of an Indian Tribal Woman
Group Photograph of Workers Repairing Road
Great Temples of Tanjore
A Boy of Kadu Kuruba Tribe
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50 comments
wonderful collections… 🙂
Awesome :)Thanjavur is my native place.. excited to see that 🙂
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Rare and Awesome! Thanks for sharing.. 🙂
so nice wow amazing
excellent pieces. disappointing to see the response thought.
excellent my country my people look up to them after a century is great experience indeed.
I love india . all images very well . Tamil beauty still excellent . .(tamizhan endru solla da thalai nimirnthu nillada)……
amazing collection… thank u
wonderfull photos
so nice wow amazing super
good collection
Awesome collection. I really lv it
please add this Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan also.
http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2013/03/hawa-mahal-in-jaipur-rajasthan-c1880s.html
Really its Ture ” Old Is Gold “..
SO wonderful photographs….. I do not have words to describe about its beauty, uniqueness, reality…. Thanks.. thank you very much for providing such a rarest photographs of india.
Amezing after 100 yers india.imagine great time with innocent peopla.
excellent my country my people look up to them after a century is great experience indeed.
This is really a collection where we youngsters to look. How much the country has changed. We should take care of our nation and its assets. We should just not live for ourselves.
ultimate photos
i love india i love my country
wow…excellent…this photos are truly superb..
Fantastic. Great to see some pictures of a time that has vanished. Loved the collection. My father was born in Bombay (Bandra) in 1927 and he was amazed at the photographs.
Lester
Viewing vintage India has always excited me, we were poor but had more self respect than what is today.
Only a photo speaks almost everything about contemporary period.
After seeing these old pictures , now I can for sure that India has progresed a lot in healh and in general standard of living after achieving freedom.Mind blowing photos.
very nice
I had gone to last century
Very nice
Enaku history photos rombo pudiko
I have not even seen a picture of one the temples listed here tagged as “Temple, Southern India” with a Short and Stout Mandapam. Could anyone tell me where is it located? Its starkingly different from all the temples I have seen here in South India
Nice collections of past….
Thanks for sharing. ….
old photos very nice,great collections
JUST AWESOME, LOOKING AT CHARMINAR ONE CAN SEE HOW MUCH IS THE POPULATION GROWN. THANKS FOR SHARING THESE VALUABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.
REGARDS
UMA MAHESWAR NAKKA
Amazing photos of past, reminder of our cultural heritage, beautifully presented and preserved. I love each and every picture and feel very proud to be part of great nation. Thanks.
Excellent. Too good
EXCELLENT…
Hi my india is great 1840 india great I love my india
Awesome collection of photographs of India from the past
Good collection .very inspiring and interesting for a Mauritian of Indian origin.
Reminds me of the figures who crossed India in the mid 19th century looking for a brighter future for their progenies in an unknown land. The heart will always beat for Mother India.
Super Photos
sare jahanse aacha hindustta hamara======
Great collection
amazing collection… thank you
NICE
Thank you, your collections are amazing…
Beautiful collection
Really old is gold ,I feel tear in eyes,Ahhha,WHERE goes that time,
Mera india india hi rahega i love my desh mai mar mitu ispe
Kaas jaisa hai in photos me wesa hi hota hamesa to kitna khubsurat lagta…
I like these old photos! Its a history 🙂