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Description: | Photograph of the Babalut temple in Amritsar, from the Strachey Collection of Indian Views, taken by Shepherd and Roberston about 1863.The 150 feet high tower was built in 1778-1784 in memory of Atal Rai, the son of the Sikh Guru Hargobind, who died at the tender age of nine. The little boy was called ‘Baba’ because he was a precocious child, wise beyond his years. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Shepherd and Robertson | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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