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Aug 28, 2020
Aug 28, 2020
India. Calcutta. Harrison Road I with Group of Jogees, after photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck
India. Calcutta. Harrison Road I with Group of Jogees, after photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck
c. 1890–1910
Photoglob Co.
(Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
Photochrom
Image: 20.6 x 26.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 26.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2019.186
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In 1899, Harrison Road (now Mahatma Gandhi Road) became the first road to be lit by electricity in Kolkatta (formerly Calcutta).
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The light poles in the image suggest the photo was taken after that event. The Jogees or Jogis are a rapidly shrinking caste that began as a community of people who practiced yoga and worshipped the Hindu god Shiva. Many earn their living as religious beggars. They traditionally wear saffron-colored clothing, but the printers in Switzerland who added the color to this image did not know that.
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