Brahman man wearing sacred thread and red lungi performs ritual with mudras, lota, milk and other ritual articles at sunrise on a platform in the Ganges River in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Name:

Wheeler, Mary Binney

Date:

1972

Description:

Carousel Varanasi, 1972, 1975.

Identifier:

(Wheeler Varanasi) MBW72T31000074.tif; 22281400; 242715

Subject:

Hindu monastic and religious life; Hinduism--Rituals; Religious articles; Ceremonial objects; Milk--Religious aspects--Hinduism; Brahmans; Religious life

Form/Genre:

color slides

Physical Description:

5 x 5 cm.

Geographic Subject:

India

Related Place:

Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India); Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Collection:

South Asia Art Archive; Mary Binney Wheeler Image Collection