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By: soumya
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Photographer	soumya {Karma:13087}
Project	#55 Peace & Tranquility	Camera Model	Pentax K100D
Categories	Historical Photoart	Film Format	Digital JPEG
Portfolio		Lens	Pentax 18-55mm @ 18mm
Uploaded	1/12/2008	Film / Memory Type	SD
		ISO / Film Speed	400
Views	4413	Shutter	1/6s
Favorites	1	Aperture	f/4.5
Critiques	17	Rating	Pending / 1 Ratings
Location	City - bandel State - WB Country - India
About	experimental hdr. photography is prohibited within this church :-( info from wikipedia: The Bandel Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in West Bengal, India. It is a relic of the Portuguese settlement in Bandel. Built around 1660, it is dedicated to Nossa Senhora di Rozario, Our Lady of the Rosary. Around the middle of the 16th century, the Portuguese began using Bandel as a port. During or around 1571, they were given permission by Akbar, the Mughal emperor, to build a town in Hooghly. As they began settling around the area, their priests began to baptise the natives - by 1598, Catholics in Hooghly numbered around five thousand, including natives and mixed races. In 1579, the Portuguese built a port on the banks of the Hooghly, as well as a fort, and enlisted the services of a band of Augustinian Friars, then the largest religious body in Goa. The following year, Captain Pedro Tavares obtained the emperor's full permission to preach the Catholic faith publicly, and erect churches. Thus the Bandel Church was constructed in 1599. This first church was burnt down during the sacking of Hooghly by the Moors in 1632. A newer church, constructed by Gomez de Soto (also spelt John Comes de Soto), was built over the ruin in 1660. The keystone of the older church can still be seen on the eastern gate of the monastery.

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soumya {K:13087} 1/14/2008

thank u boney da!

Saikat (Boney) Das {K:2493} 1/13/2008

bahhhh... chomotkar experiment.

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