The Hindoo Burning Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the ghat, with two men attending to a small burning pyre. Subjects = cremation; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs
The Maharajah's Palace, Benares. It is some three miles from the city. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the palace from the other bank of the Ganges. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); palaces
Shewing a photo of one minaret of Aurangzeb's mosque taken from the other [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of cupola of minaret. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); minarets; mosques
The Monkey Temple, Benares. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Poor quality snapshot of the Durga Temple and ghat. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples
Clark's Hotel, Benares. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the driveway of the two-storeyed, verandahed building Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; hotels