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Photo 972, 5(277)
- Record Id:
- 041-003297929
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003297643
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0002ec
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 972, 5(277)
- Title:
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Bairagee. Hindoo mendicant friar. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Full-length standing portrait, in profile. 'The subject of the present photograph was a Jat. He has left wife and children under an irresistible religious zeal, and, forswearing the world, has become a Bairagee. The broad trident of Vishnu is painted on his forehead...On his head is a tinsel crown, worn over a skull cap, instead of a turban; and on a bamboo pole, covered with red cotton cloth, upon his shoulders, decked with gay peacock's feathers and wild flowers, are slung two baskets covered with red or orange cotton cloth, which contain pots of Ganges water. He may have filled these at the great festival at Hurdwar, and is most likely on his way to Dwarka, in Goojerat, where he has made a vow to pour the contents over the holy image of Krishna worshipped there...'
Subjects = ascetics; Bairagis (caste); pilgrims; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 5, 1872)
Location = Multan; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003297643
040-003297877
041-003297929 - Is part of:
- Photo 972 : 'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75)
Photo 972, 5 : The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan.…
Photo 972, 5(277) : Bairagee. Hindoo mendicant friar. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003297643[0005]/040-003297877[0052]/041-003297929
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 972
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)