Ramnath Temple, Kali Ghat, Alipore, Calcutta [?or Dakshineshvara Temple]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Inscription: Signed and numbered, 'Bourne 1713' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple, possibly misidentified with the Dakshineshvara Temple in north Calcutta.
Genre: Architectural Photography General view outside the temple. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Storrs-Fox Collection; temples
Genre: Architectural Photography 'A strong contrast to the splendor of the Jain temple is the Kalighat temple, built in the 1600s, worship place of Hindus. It is famous for the practice of sacrificing goats, as many as 1500 having been slaughtered in one day. On the bank of a canal cut from the...
[Brahmins worshipping in the Kalighat Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Brahmins worship in the Kalighat temple. Spoon-shaped brass container holds Ganges water. Brahmins are the highest caste of Hindus, their mark of distinction being the piece of string seen in hand of gray-haired senior Brahmin.' Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ...
[Bathing ghat near the Kalighat Temple, Calcutta.] Photographer: Waddell, Clyde
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Genre: Landscape Photography 'Hindus bathe in the holy water of a canal which was cut from the original bed of the Ganges. Steps lead down from the grounds of the Kalighat temple. Water is still considered holy, even though from the Hooghly.' Subjects = ghats; religion; religion (Hinduism); r...