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In this paper, I consider analyzing the official photographs of colonial Travancore to understand how the photographic sites of heritage (architecture of buildings, institutions and landscapes) function as space for the production and reproduction of forms of colonel knowledge in tune with the political economy of colonialism and modernity. As in any other part of the colonial world, the early history of photography in Kerala was intrinsically connected with the official documentation of the Travancore region by the government.