cover image: People washing themselves in a sacred river, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

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People washing themselves in a sacred river, Vārānasi , India, ca. 1920

"Pilgrims of India. They are trying to wash away their sins by bathing in a "sacred" river." Hundreds of people are washing themselves in a river. They are crowding in from the shore and the buildings near the shore. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].
indigenous populations rivers religious practice group portraits

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82690
Date published
1915/1925
Dates
1915/1925
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.5 x 11.6 cm
Place Discussed
Asia India Uttar Pradesh
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg030-449-0001-0044.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/81f066ec14ff39f13e4a7bfac322eab3

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