[Veli Lake]--

This photograph of the Veli lake was taken by Zachariah D' Cruz in about 1900 and is from the Curzon Collection 'Album of South Indian views'. George Nathaniel Curzon was Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office between 1895-98 and Viceroy of India between 1898-1905. The picture is taken from a neighbouring hillside over-looking the lake, with paddy fields on the water's edge in the foreground. The spelling is given as Velli Lake on the map accompanying E G Hatch's 'Travancore: A guide book for the visitor' (1933).

Photograph taken about 1900 by the Government photographer, Zacharias D'Cruz of the Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum in the erstwhile Travancore State. It is one of 76 prints in an album entitled 'Album of South Indian Views' of the Curzon Collection. George Nathaniel Curzon was Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office between 1895-98 and Viceroy of India between 1898-1905.