Mohomedans at mid-day prayer. Photographer: Holmes, William (James) Dacia
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Inscription: Captioned as above and signed 'Holmes' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the prayer hall of an unidentified mosque (possibly at Peshawar?), the court in the foreground crowded with figures kneeling in prayer.
[Mid-day prayers at an unidentified mosque, Pakistan.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from an elevated position looking towards the prayer hall of an unidentified mosque, the court in the foreground crowded with men during a service. A pencilled note on the reverse suggests Peshawar as a possible location.
Palden Ngodrup praying in the shrine room of his house in Hal, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'The late Palden Ngodrup praying in the shrine room of his house in Hal. These rooms are used daily for prayer and ritual. On special occasions, monks, an oracular medium, a healer or an exorcist may be invited. Offerings of water bowls and butter lamps are set out d...
Three Buchen praying in front of an altar at Sagnam, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Three Buchen in the village of Sagnam, praying in front of an altar with Tibetan Thankas and a statue of Thangtong Gyalpo. This is part of a stone breaking ceremony, an ancient and elaborate exorcism ritual, first performed in central Tibet in the fifteenth century'...
Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'Buchen Chettan Dorje and Pema Namgyal praying in a house in Lara. Chettan Dorje is reading and reciting from Tibetan scripts, Pema Namgyal is turning a prayer wheel. Buchen are religious performers who bring the teachings of the Dharma and the message of Buddhism to...