Hindoe Tempel, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1885 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A Hindu temple in Colombo captured in an 1885 photograph, reflecting the South Indian Tamil community long established in the Ceylonese capital alongside its Buddhist and Christian populations.
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