Kot temple, carved panels. Peacock and tiger head protruding form the end of the ridge pole.
On the way to Takrasi. Four girls& their basket to collect grass as they go they are making shoes from hemp.
Near Paneo Rest House. Woman and basket. She and others were making shoes our of hemp stalks, one of the shoes can be seen in the bottom of the basket.
On the way to Takrasi. A girl with basket to gather grass. As she goes along she has been making shoes, and there is a shoe a the bottom of the basket.
On the way to Takrasi. Two girls spinning hemp to make shoes. One wears a tweed waistcoat, the other a patched tweed jacket.
Ridge between Paneo and Taralla. On a recce in early days of West Himalayan holidays, Lama Le, Tanjin, Chamba and Miles Jebb.
Paneo rest house kitchen building, flowers growing round.
Paneo rest house. Miles Jebb and Tanjin on the veranda. Original tables and chairs.
Paneo rest house veranda with original chairs, Miles Jebb & Tanjin
Paneo rest house, Miles Jebb reading the old registry ledger on the lawn
Temple with lion’s head door knockers, on the way up the hill to Khanag from Taralla
On the way up to Khanag from Taralla, detail of the door knockers. Penelope Betjeman admired them
Paneo rest house, dressing table and chair
Shamsher Mahadev Temple, village and terraces. Chowai village.
Chowai Rest House, from the front side, showing the kitchen buildings.
Paneo rest house original chair with extending arms to rest the legs on.
Paneo rest house, view of front veranda & chair as in 1.22.38
Kot village, arched balcony viewed between the buildings.
Sarahan rest house and its kitchen. View up towards Bashleo pass behind the rest house.
Chaini. The 2 temple towers stand on a promontory high above the village of Banjar. Dorze standing in the foreground. In those days you were allowed to climb up the rickety outdoor stair & then go inside.
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The two temple towers at Chaini, The 2 temple towers stand on a promontory high above the village of Banjar. A girl in foreground
Kot, view of temple store, children on balcony
Kot, temple store. The rope hanging under the balcony is said to have been used in sacrifices
Near Takrasi, note the footpaths across the hill in the distance
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Inside Kot temple, carved wooden facing birds on the columns & iron rings
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Deota’s ‘gaur’ – oracle – with hat over uncut hair, working with PWD gang. Near Shoja.
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House near Khanag, a woman, cattle, the courtyard with baskets & child on open balcony. A village in the distance below.
Kot temple store, carved door with door knockers
Kot. View of gateway into the temple from the village side
Tirthan valley. A house built into the rock, 2 children in the foreground a curved balcony behind them
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Kot Temple, showing the tiger head end, carving round the window frame, & frieze,
Kot, inside the temple. A metal ‘murthi’ attached to veranda pillar and many iron circles of various sizes; offerings to the ‘deota’
Kot temple showing tiger, peacock, frieze and turret on the roof.
View on the way from Paneo to Takrasi
View taken from near Khanag of Kot Temple in the trees.
A village between Khanag and Kot. Showing the paved courtyard and ‘kilta’ and ‘kerai’. A woman in Saraji clothes, grass drying on veranda behind.
Kot Temple Store, carved balcony
The Gaur, he has uncut hair, standing in the many recessed door way of Kot temple store
Woman carrying a plough. She is passing a brown oak tree. The timber of the oak, being so hard is used for plough shares
A man ploughing a narrow, sloping terrace with two oxen. A woman behind and village in the background.
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On the way to Paneo, ploughing with two small oxen
The approach to Paneo rest house
Stone sculptures scattered around the ruined temple on the far side of Paneo Rest House. Everything is a magic yellow because covered in ‘deodar’ pollen.
