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| Keywords: Idgah and Tomb at Ryakotta.jpg en This photograph of a view of the Idgah and tomb at Ryakotta was taken by Linnaeus Tripe 1822-1902 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 tomb in the foreground was erected a few years ago over the remains of a Musalmani fair and near it is an Idgah The term Idgah is applied to a platform enclosed by a wall where Muhammedans assemble for occasional devotions especially at the seasons of the Ids or festivals 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 rayakota Creator Linnaeus Tripe PD-old-100 Photographs of India by Linnaeus Tripe Historical images of Rayakottai Tamil Nadu in the 1850s Uploaded with UploadWizard 1858 photographs | ||||
