Procession of the 'Eight Great Kings', 12 ft. high, in Sertreng Festival, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view of procession, from a high vantage point, during the Sertreng ceremony ('Golden Procession of the Assembly of Worship'). The images of the Kings of the Four Quarters - massive papier mâché figures - are being carried through the streets. This larg...
Buddha carved out of rock in Kyi Chu Valley. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of massive rock-cut Buddha image, slightly obscured by projecting protective masonry walls. 'Buddha carved out of rock in Kyi Chu Valley, 12 miles below Lhasa. Large - 30 ft. high. The figures of the man in front shows the height. The vertical lines are cau...
Self-made image of Buddha in cave on Chakpori [Lhasa]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Bell's typescript index refers readers to Diary XII, p. 57. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; Tibetan sculpture Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Bodh Gaya Temple [Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya]. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Bihar; Bodh Gaya; India
House, painted red above and white below, built over cave at Tra Yer-pa, where Atisha lived for a year or so. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking up hillside towards buildings. Atisha was an Indian Buddhist sage who visited Tibet in the 11th century. Subjects = Bell Collection; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Tibet; Trayerpa
Long mani below Pema Yangtse (Pemiongchi) in Sikkim. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography View along the path, with the mani, a wall of inscribed stones, on the left. Another copy at print 301. Subjects = Bell Collection; mani walls; religion; religion (Buddhism) Location = India; Pemiongchi; Sikkim