ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF KEDARNATH AND GANGOTRI FROM 1882

The following collection of photographs were taken between 1882 and 1883 and are in the archives of the Geological Survey of India. They provide a view of the ancient Kedarnath temple before it became a tourist attraction, when it was a lone, remote temple, only visited by a few sadhus.

Archival Photographs of Kedarnatha and Gangotri from 1882

Kedarnath Temple in 1882

Kedarnath Temple in 1882

Kedarnath Temple in 1882

Kedarnath Temple in 1882

Road to Kedarnath in 1882

Gangotri Temple in 1883

Gangotri Temple in 1883

Road to Badrinath (via Joshimath) in 1882

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