ALADDIN'S CAVE, Shimla

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The Aladdin's Cave on the Mall in Simla / Shimla town is a curio shop which Alexander Jacob, the Lurgan Sahib in Rudyard Kipling's Kim (WESTLAKE 1993: 136-137) opened in 1871. CULTURAL HISTORY: This -shopping cave- appears to be not only the fore-runner of the restaurant –>CAVE in Hotel Lord's Grey at Shimla (500 m from the railway station) but also of –>Salomon's Cave (note 1) on Zodin Square in Aizawl city (Mizoram State) and the –>Himalayan Crystal Cave (note 2) at Hampi (Karnataka State, Bellary district).The Aladdin's Cave on the Mall in Simla / Shimla town is a curio shop which Alexander Jacob, the Lurgan Sahib in Rudyard Kipling's Kim (WESTLAKE 1993: 136-137) opened in 1871. CULTURAL HISTORY: This -shopping cave- appears to be not only the fore-runner of the restaurant –>CAVE in Hotel Lord's Grey at Shimla (500 m from the railway station) but also of –>Salomon's Cave (note 1) on Zodin Square in Aizawl city (Mizoram State) and the –>Himalayan Crystal Cave (note 2) at Hampi (Karnataka State, Bellary district).