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Banks Writes of Mission in India from Belle Vue to Mahoba
Reverend G B Banks formerly of Rich mond's Second Christian church writes from Belle Vue Landour Mussoorie India April 25 1922 about life in the Himalayas 7000 feet high and a summer resort for missionaries. He describes the terrain the transport by foot ponies and carriers the cosmopolitan population at the mission and the Mahoba orphanage where nearly 200 girls sing in Hindustani. He recounts temples ruins xenophobic images Mohammadan destruction and a Sunday service of Indian Christians contrasting with native idolatry and a wheat harvest ceremony in Jhansi with ritual spear scenes.
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G. B. Banks
Second Christian Church of
Richmond
India
Belle Vue
Landour
Mussoorie
Himlayan
Rockies
Sierras
Mahoba
Relgion
Paul
Athens
Jhansi