"The Master of the King's Elephants", carrying the goad-stick as a symbol of authority, in the procession during the Perahera Festival, Kandy, Sri Lanka.|Sri Lanka, Kandy, Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Dalada Maligawa).

Name:

Wheeler, Mary Binney

Date:

1982

Description:

Ethnographic Documentation: Animal care and training.; Ethnographic Documentation: Buddhist rituals and festivals, the Perahera Festival.

Identifier:

(Wheeler Sri Lanka) mbwsl0204; 22291724; 133923

Subject:

Temple of the Tooth (Kandy, Sri Lanka); Buddhism--Rituals; Animal training; Care of sick animals; Esala Perahera

Form/Genre:

color slides

Physical Description:

5 x 5 cm.

Related Place:

Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Rights:

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

Collection:

South Asia Art Archive; Mary Binney Wheeler Image Collection