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RMKRR3M8–A Parsee or Parsi tower of silence aka Dakhma, Bombay, India. A raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.
RMRYAF9E–Round the World Yachting in the 'Ceylon,' Bombay: 1. A Native Boat, 2 & 4. Bombay Types, 3. Reefing a Lateen Sail, 5. A Fakeer in a Holy Brahmin Village, 6. A Treadwheel for Drawing Water, 7. Cave Temples at Elephanta, 8. A Parsee Tower of Silence
RMET5CAP–Parsee Funeral ; Dongerwadi ; Tower of Silence ; Kemps Corner ; Bombay ; Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India ; old vintage 1800s engraving
RMC04X3G–Vultures Perch on the Tower or Towers of Silence, a Zoroastrian Crematorium or Cemetery, Bombay Mumbai, India c1880
RM2B017M7–Iran: A Parsi 'Tower of Silence' near Tehran, photographed by Sven Hedin (19 February 1865 - 26 November 1952), c. 1898. A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema.
RM2HYYKJ0–The Parsee Tower of Silence. Samuel Bourne (England, 1834-1912, active India, 1863-1870). England, late 1860s. Photographs. Albumen silver print
RM2B00T1Y–India/UK: 'Bombay, the Parsee Repository for their Dead'. Illustration by John Henry Grose (fl. 1750-1783), 1722. 'A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogul government in general, the viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, with their several subordinate dependencies'. This two-volume work is the third edition of a book first published as a single volume in 1757, expanded to two volumes in 1766, and republished in 1772. The author, John Henry Grose, went to Bombay (now Mumbai) in March 1750, to work as a servant and writer for the British East India Company.
RM2DTP4JB–Vintage 19th century photograph - Parsee / Parsi Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mimbai) India by Samual Bourne, 1860's. A dakhma, also known as the Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures.
RM2B031H9–A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema. In India, the term doongerwadi came into use after a tower was constructed on a hill of that name. The word dagdah appears in the tex
RM2H44463–Bombay (Mumbai): a Parsee (Parsi) 'Tower of silence' where the bodies of the dead are exposed to vultures. Photograph.
RM2B031H4–A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema. In India, the term doongerwadi came into use after a tower was constructed on a hill of that name. The word dagdah appears in the tex
RM2B031H6–A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema. In India, the term doongerwadi came into use after a tower was constructed on a hill of that name. The word dagdah appears in the tex
RM2WB7GX7–''Parsee Tower of Silence, Bombay,'' an albumen photo by Bourne and Shepherd, c.1880' another such vie.
RM2B031HB–A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema. In India, the term doongerwadi came into use after a tower was constructed on a hill of that name. The word dagdah appears in the tex
RMET5AYE–Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, IL news, 13 November 1875
RM2WB7GX8–''Parsee Tower of Silence, Bombay,'' an albumen photo by Bourne and Shepherd, c.1880's a third such view.
RM2B031H7–A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema. In India, the term doongerwadi came into use after a tower was constructed on a hill of that name. The word dagdah appears in the tex
RM2B031HR–A Tower of Silence or Dakhma is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally denoted any place for the dead. Similarly, in the medieval texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the word astodan appears, but today denotes an ossuary. In the Iranian provinces of Yazd and Kerman, the technical term is deme or dema. In India, the term doongerwadi came into use after a tower was constructed on a hill of that name. The word dagdah appears in the tex
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