Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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USC: University of Southern California English

Assembly of missionaries and local people in Bangladesh. At the back from left: Oluf Eie, Filip Engsig-Karup, Inger Engsig-Karup and Iver Viftrup. Left, under the palm tree: Tove Viftrup.


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“Cave dwelling, Bairat. One cave is 22 feet x 10-12 high. The 5 famous Pandav [Pandava] brothers were concealed here for a time.” View of large stone with small cave …



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Missionary Teacher Marie Jensen Wacher. South Arcot, India. Language stuidies 1921-1923.Cuddalore 1923-1925. Tirukoilur 1925-1927. Cuddalore1928-1934. Cuddalore 1936-1940. Madras 1940-1946. Tirukoilur 1948-1851. Cuddalore 1951-1954.


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"A perfect number of Hindu babies in a basket." Seven Hindu children sit in a basket. One of the girls has a nose ring. This photograph is from an album …


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Pakistan, NWFP. Rev. Albert Chand with wife (and children?). (Albert T. Chand, born in Punjab, India, 1908. Lived at Mardan from 1935. Following theological education by Rev. Jens Christensen, Albert …


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Annotation translation: "Chammundi." - "Tschammundi (Man-Lion), representation of Narasimba (Man-Lion), an incarnation of Vishnu. The legend has it that a hindu prayed to Narasimba. His son, on the other hand, …



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Annotation translation: "In former times girls and women were, except in exceptional cases, excluded from schooling, because Hindus believed education would make girls incapable of carrying out their future household …


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DBLM, Thakurgaon, Bangladesh. DSM Missionary, Jørgen Andersen in dialogue with holy Hindu men (Sadhus). (Nurse Jørgen Andersen was sent to the leprosy work, DBLM at Thakurgaon, 1986-92).