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Mss Eur C338(163)
- Record Id:
- 040-003243485
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002265918
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026879933.0x001247
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C338(163)
- Title:
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The sacred cow dressed and jewelled for the Procession, Gokalastami Feast, the Palace, Mysore, 1922. Photographer: Parsons, Constance E.
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Sacred cow with keeper: 'One more annual procession - quaint and interesting - should be seen. It also circles the fort (usually for seven days in August), and commemorates the birth and escape of the baby Krishna and his childhood among the cowherds. The place of honour is assigned to a score or so of sacred cows...They wear chains of gold, ropes of pearls, jhules of cloth of silver. Their headbands blaze with enormous rubies and diamonds. Their garlands are of jasmine. The processions start from the elephant gate of the palace every evening about 6.30 p.m...' (Constance E. Parsons, 'Mysore City', 1930, pp. 186-87).
[Gelatin silver print, 194x153mm].
Subjects = Gokulastami Procession; processions; religion; religion (Hinduism); religious observances (Hindu)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002265918
040-003243485 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur C338 : Constance Parsons papers.
Mss Eur C338(163) : The sacred cow dressed and jewelled for the Procession, Gokalastami Feast, the Palace, Mysore, 1922. Photographer:… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002265918[0568]/040-003243485
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur C338
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- 1922
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Parsons, Constance E.
- Places:
- Mysore, India