Exterieur van een Hindoetempel in Colombo op Brits Ceylon
1880 Colombo, Sri Lanka
The exterior of a Hindu temple in Colombo, photographed in 1880 when the city served as the administrative capital of British Ceylon and home to a substantial South Indian trading community.
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