“Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris, Part-II” by K.J.S.Chatrath

This post was published first on 14.05.2012 in my website www.gravematters.in.

Here are some more photographs from the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. An assortment of differing styles. Each wanting to convey something.

Come let us take a walk in this surprisingly soothing space.

 

 

 

And here is an inscription throwing light on the Indian connection of the deceased. It reads:

D.O.M

CI GIT

Madame Caroline Amherst

Ve- De Monsieur W-K-Amherst

Ancien Magistrat au Bengal

Decedee le 12 8bre 1816.

Ce monument a ete erige par son fils unique

William Amherst

 DE PROFUNDIS

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(The English translation of the inscription would be: Here lies Mrs. Caroline Amherst, widow of Mr. W.K.Amherst, ex magistrate in Bengal, died on 12^th Octobre, 1816. This monument has been got erected by her only son William Amherst.)

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  Photographs, text and copyright by K.J.S.Chatrath.