Tuesday, July 6, 2010

General view of Mahableshwar, Bombay. 5,800 ft high.--Photographer: Unknown Medium: Photographic print Date: 1860




his print showing a view of Mahableshwar was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1860s. It forms part of an album entitled 'Photographs of India and Overland Route'. Mahableshwar was the summer capital of the Bombay Presidency during the British Raj from 1828 onwards, and largely developed under the patronage of General Lodwick. It is located in the Western Ghats, a range of hills in the modern-day state of Maharashtra. Its location some few thousand feet above sea-level provides a cool escape from the heat of Bombay.

Photograph with scenic vista of Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra, by an unknown photographer, from an album of 40 prints taken in the 1860s. Mahabaleshwar, at 4500 ft in the Sahyadri hills, is the largest and most popular hill-station in Western India, although subject to extreme weather conditions of deluges, severe drops in temperature and heavy mists. Many rivers of the Deccan draw their source from these hills and the site was sacred to Hindus for centur…
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