Tipu Sultan’s military commanders carried the conch shell and presented it him as and when required. The conch shell remained in the Mysore ruler’s possession till his death. A conch shell, which the ...
A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a foghorn from the ...
Devotees thronged unique makeshift tents or pandals, made of conch shells in Kolkata on the occasion of five-day long Durga Puja, a festival dedicated to Hindu Goddess of power, Durga. Styled after ...