LSE4326237 The ghaut or sacred pond of the Chillambaran Pagoda, located on the Gulf of Bengal, near Pondichery (Pondicherry) (India); some fideles descend the monumental staircase to take a bath or perform cleansing ablutions. Engraving to illustrate an expedition to the pagoda of Chillambaran (Coromandel cote), from 1838 to 1844, by the counteradmiral Paris, director of the depot des cartes et plans de la marine imperiale, in ??????Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages??????????published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1867, Paris. Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ghaut or sacred pond of the Chillambaran Pagoda, located on the Gulf of Bengal, near Pondichery (Pondicherry) (India); some fideles descend the monumental staircase to take a bath or perform cleansing ablutions. Engraving to illustrate an expedition to the pagoda of Chillambaran (Coromandel cote), from 1838 to 1844, by the counteradmiral Paris, director of the depot des cartes et plans de la marine imperiale, in ??????Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages??????????published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1867, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.