Tiger plague

Great picture Amal! The sacrifices obviously worked for the tiger plague has ceased to exist.
Ravi

"The tiger-bhutan from Puttur. Sacrifices are offered to this figure to protect people from a plague of tigers."

Ritter, Theodor Samuel (Mr), date early: 1.02.1928, date late: 3.12.1929

(All these images are collected from the website called http://www.bmpix.org/index.html. Basel Mission an archive collection of fabulous pictures of early 20th Century from all over the world. Among the Indian Modern States Karnataka has better collection of photographs, may be because of presence of missionary who are the major source of these collections. I hope you can go to the website and look for your-self a lot more photographs of not only Puttur, but also of other places like Upinangadi, Belthangady, Kudremukh etc.)

Enjoy.....Amal

Puttur in Early 20th Century.....

"Market scene in Puttur."

Ritter, Theodor Samuel (Mr), date early : 1.01.1928, date late : 31.12.1938