- RECENT POSTS
- RARE BOOKS
- PAINTINGS
-
- THEMES
- The Grand Mughals - Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar (1526-1857)
- Indian Life and Landscapes by Western Artists
- Literature, Music and Dance of Ancient India
- Collecting Rare and Antiquarian Books
- Museums, Libraries and Archives of the World
- Hinduism - the Sanathana Dharma
- India - After the advent of Photography
- Indian Cities - Through the Ages
- Art, Sculpture and Treasures of India
- Architecture of India
- India - Its People, Culture, Professions and Languages
- India and its Royalty
- Ancient India (Upto 1200 CE)
- The Honourable East India Company (1600-1858)
- India - As seen by foreign travellers
- The Dutch, French and Portuguese in India
- The Indian Independence Movement
- Dealers of Rare and Antiquarian Books
- History of Mysore
- India during the Colonial Era
- Company School Paintings
- Sikhs - Their Religion and History
- Buddhism - in the land of Buddha
- Kingdoms of India
- Islam in India
- Christianity in India
- Rise of the Maratha Power
- Hinduism in foreign lands
- Cartography of India
- Modern Literature in India
- Natural History of India
- India and its Many Geographies
- The Deccan Kingdoms
- Revisiting Indian History
- History of India's Trade, Industry and Finance
- Saints, Reformers and Pioneers
- Astronomy, Ayurveda, Yoga, Science and Mathematics in Ancient India
- Hindu Empires of Southern India
- Colonial Literature of India
- Art and Artists of the Twentieth Century
- Rare Dictionaries of Indian Languages
- The History of India - By its various Historians
- Travel Literature of Colonial India
- The Foreign Invaders
- Jainism and its ancient origins
- RBSI in Media
- Rare Books of World Literature
- Sanskrit - its grammar and antiquity
- Neighbouring lands of India
- The Parsis - Who made India their home
- Military History of India
- THEMES
- JOIN RBSI
Gateway at Ujjain - 1869
Photograph of a gateway in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, taken by George Edward Herne in 1869. This view looks along a street towards the gateway, which was supposed to have been built by the legendary ruler Vikramaditya, with Indians and a European posed in the foreground. Ujjain is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus and is a well-known place of pilgrimage. Built on the banks of the river Shipra it was once the centre for astronomical research and where the meridian was fixed for calculations. The city has many archeological sites of great interest as well as Hindu temples and an 18th Century observatory consisting of five monuments used for celestial calculations. Vikramaditya, the famous ruler, held court at Ujjain, surrounded by scholars and poets.
Copyright © The British Library Board
Ujjain is home to many temples since time immemorial. One of the 51 Satipeeths are in Ujjain. Also Mahakaleshwar, regarded as foremost of all Jyotirlingas is also there. It was believed that the center of the earth passes through Ujjain in ancient Hindu astronomy. Ujjain is also famous for Kalbhairav temple where alcohol is offered as prasad to God. Strange is the stone deity will drink the entire alcohol through the hand of priest when offered infront of you. Many British excavations had been conducted in and around the temple but no scientific reason has been found. It is also home to the famous Vikram - vetaal legend.Ujjain is also regarded as the place of birth of the planet Mars. There is Mangalnath temple on the banks of Shipra which is a Shiva temple and people with Bhoumadosh conduct Pujas to get rid of mal effects of Mars. Beside the famous Navagraha temple on the banks of Shipra is said to be very important to curb astrological bad effects of horoscope.
wow, nice!