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The Visual and Material Culture of Islam in Ladakh |
Map of areas covered in the research – details of geographic location of the towns of Leh, Kargil and the villages, Shey, Thikse, Chuchot and Turtuk in Leh District and Baru, Trespone, Saliskote in Kargil
Telephone Booth main bazar, Kargil, assortment of Shia iconography
Barber shop main bazar, Leh, assortment of Islamic posters
Calendar: Markazi Jammat Ahl-e-Hadees Hind – with Image of Al Aqsa mosque
Calendar: Neha Snacks – with Image of Kabah.
Calendar: Neha Snacks – with Image of Kabah
Calendar: Leh Book Depot – image of Mosque at Mecca
Calendar: M/s K2 Adventures – with digitally edited photo of the Shey mosque
Calendar: Leh Sunni Association – image of Jama Masjid, Leh
Poster: Ayatollah framed locally at the Khanqah of Chuchot Gongma
Posters: Leh Shia Students Association – local digital print on Paper
Banner: Kargil Bazar – hand painted
Banners: Kargil Bazar – local digital print on Flex
Calendar: Ayatollah with a Khatag
Calendar: IKMT – Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, 2008 to 2012
Calendar: IKMT – Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, 2008 to 2012
Calendar: IKMT – Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, 2008 to 2012
Calendar: IKMT – Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, 2008 to 2012
Calendar: IKMT – Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, 2008 to 2012
Poster: Imam Husain carrying the six-month-old Ali Asgar – Digital print on textile
Poster: Abul Fazal Abbas, praying – Digital print on textile
Poster: Jannat-ul-baqi, in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Poster: Map of Holy places in West Asia, and the spread of Islam in Asia
Poster: Zuljana, Mosque in Turtuk, Pharol
Calendar: Zuljana, Imambara in Chuchot Yokma
Plaque: Zuljana, Hand painted on ply wood
Plaque: Zuljana, Hand painted on ply wood – Tibetan Style
Map of Trade Routes, before 1947, of Leh’s connectivity with Yarkhand, Kashghar (Chinese Turkestan), Lhasa, Srinagar, Lahore and Hoshiarpur.
Map of current political boundaries
Press Enclave, Lal Chowk, Srinagar – shops selling Islamic Iconography – both imported and local
Detail of Products
Silk prayer mat woven in Kashmir in the Mosque in Turtuk
Imported Textile Scrolls from Iran with names of the 12 Imams
Imported Textile Scroll of Ayatollah Khomeini praying
Yarkhandi rectangular prayer mats, Jama Masjid, Leh
Tibetan blue and white pile rug and an antique Yarkhandi carpet, Jama Masjid, Leh
This video is an excerpt from the film, Old Routes, New Journeys, by Abeer Gupta
The video shows the interiors of the Jama Masjid, Leh – the old rug from Yarkhand, and the new one made in Kashmir in 2011 along with the painted Tibetan style pillars.
Old prayer mats, Khanqah in Chuchot Gongma
New prayer mats, Shah Hamadan Mosque in Shey
Chaharkul, Imported from Iran
Ayatulkursi, Imported from Iran
Framed, handmade tapestry of Mecca and Medina mosques from Kashmir.
Textile scrolls brought back from Haj – depicting the Kabah – Noorbakshi Jama Masjid, Turtuk
Textile scrolls brought back from Haj – depicting the Kabah – Noorbakshi Jama Masjid, Turtuk
Alam, Zuljana, and scene of the battlefield of Karbala, Imambara Chuchot Yokma
Alam, names of Imams, Imambara Chuchot Yokma
Alam, Prophet with Imam Husain and Imam Hasan, Imambara Chuchot Yokma
Alam, Three Holy Mosques, and a cloth banner of Kabah above it, Imambara Chuchot Yokma
The video shows the transformation of Textile based installations used during Muharram at the Imambaras in Chuchot, Leh and Saliskote, Kargil.
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