South India, Porto Novo (Parangipettai),February 1997. Seva Mandir Church. (The Porto Novo Mission. A Danish mission- and development work at the seaport, Porto Novo (Parangipettai), South India. The Danish Missionary Anne Marie Petersen (1878-1951) founded in 1921 a girl's school in Porto Novo, "Seva Mandir". A Christian, Indian-National school, not connected to a specific confession, as the Porto Novo Mission expected a national Indian church to develop. After the death of Anne Marie Petersen, the school continued under Indian leadership, still supported from Denmark until 2007, where the Porto Novo Mission was dissolved, after almost 100 years of successful work. In 1999, Seva Mandir has about 2000 students from primary school to college).
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-94012
- Dates
- 1997-02
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Asia Indien Syd India, South Indien India Porto Novo Parangipettai Tamil Nadu
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- imp-dan-DM_349_00001A.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/0a08349470a3b760c90f049d59e680d0