cover image: Worshipper and His God, Bairat, India, ca.1901

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Worshipper and His God, Bairat, India, ca.1901

“The Worshipper and his god. The stone is supposed to look like an Elephant’s head – it is worshipped as Ganesh [Ganesha]. Near Bairat.” View of large stone being prayed to by man. Ganesh [Ganesha] is a Hindu deity commonly depicted as having the head of an elephant. ❧ United Free Church of Scotland photographs from the Rajputana mission.
elephants hinduism worship stone (rock)
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79198
Date published
circa 1901
Dates
circa 1901
Pages
Photographic prints, 14.6 x 19.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Asia Bairat India Rājasthān
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-a-nls-75648632-1.tif
Rights
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b13c84cff3023aefa97fb4b385e164d3

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