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Photo 984(11)

Record Id:

040-003126412

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003126401

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x001436

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100145174691.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 984(11)

Title:

Manikarnika Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

View of the busy scene at the ghat, with temples beyond. 'Manikarnika is the name given to a well which is just above the Ghat. Between it and the Ganges is the temple of Tarkeswara below which the dead bodies of the Hindus are burnt. The Ghat is one of the five celebrated places of Hindu pilgrimage in Benares and is considered to be the most sacred of all the Ghats; it is also the intermediate point of them all. The three temples in the middle were erected by the Raja of Amethi.'

[Albumen print, 275x214mm].

Subjects = Bromochary, B.G., 'Views of Benares' (1869); ghats; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); temples

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003126401
040-003126412

Is part of:

Photo 984 : B.G. Bromochary, 'Views of Benares, from the River Side' (Benares, 1869).

Photo 984(11) : Manikarnika Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal

Hierarchy:

032-003126401[0011]/040-003126412

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 984

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

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Start Date:

1869

End Date:

1869

Date Range:

1869

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