Tirumala
Trekking the Sacred Tirumala Hills in 1872
V.N. Narasimha Iyengar departs from Tirupati to Tirumala on 16 December 1872. He gives intricate details of the whole journey, which in itself is a valuable firsthand source of history.
Tirupati
The Tirupati Town that V.N. Narasimha Iyengar Saw in 1872
V.N. Narasimha Iyengar proceeds to Tirupati after departing from Arakkonam. The description of his journey and the portrait of the sacred temple town of Tirupati in 1872 is illuminating to say the least.
V.N. Narasimha Iyengar
The Extraordinary Travel Diary of V.N. Narasimha Iyengar
V.N. Narasimha Iyengar, a Deputy Commissioner in the Mysore Princely State went on a pilgrimage from Bangalore to Benares in 1872 by train. He meticulously recorded almost every detail of this journey. It is a firsthand portrait of the socio-economic conditions of a large part of India of that era.