cover image: Juggernath temple pulled in a crowded street, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

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Juggernath temple pulled in a crowded street, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

"Another temple of Juggernath being pulled through the streets by hundreds of excited and earnest devotees." A large temple is being pulled through a street on wheels. It is ornately decorated with idols and other figures. The street is very crowded and people are watching the scene from the buildings on either side of the street. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82689
Date published
1915/1925
Dates
1915/1925
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.6 x 11.3 cm
Place Discussed
Asia India Uttar Pradesh
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0043.tif
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/764f0f42b81171ef291e43672595be47

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