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Photo 976(18)
- Record Id:
- 040-003298801
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003298783
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000654
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 976(18)
- Title:
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Lama Yurru from the east. The principal Monastery, and residence of the high Priest of Ladac. Photographer: Clarke, Melville
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking towards monastery buildings on ridge at Lamayuru or Lamayuru Gompa, 45 miles west-north-west of Leh. Caption note continues: 'It is remarkable that these monasteries are invariably found in the highest accessible position. They are occupied by Lamas, some of whom are perpetually wandering among the adjacent villages, levying the charitable contribution of the people for the sustenance of their order. There are two sects of these Lamas, distinguished from each other by their dress, the one only wearing red clothing, and the other only yellow. Both have their heads uncovered, and their hair closely cut. Each carries in his hand a prayer-wheel, which is formed of a copper cylinder revolving on a centre-pin, carried round by a weight when set in motion by the hand. This contains written prayers: so long as the wheel is in motion, the prayers are believed to be rising. These prayer-wheels are also found in the villages, on a larger scale, turned by water, after the fashion of water-mills.'
Subjects = Clarke, M., 'From Simla through Ladac and Cashmere' (1862); Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); monasteries
Location = India; Jammu and Kashmir; Ladakh; Lamayuru
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003298783
040-003298801 - Is part of:
- Photo 976 : From Simla through Ladac and Cashmere, by Captain Melville Clarke. 1861. Photographer(s): Clarke, Melville
Photo 976(18) : Lama Yurru from the east. The principal Monastery, and residence of the high Priest of Ladac. Photographer: Clarke, Melville - Hierarchy:
- 032-003298783[0018]/040-003298801
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 976
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 1861
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Clarke, Melville, 1834-1878