cover image: Women at the Teej festival

Women at the Teej festival

1959

Young women dance while others watch at the Teej festival in Kathmandu. Women in the traditional red saris celebrate Teej‚ the festival of Hindu women‚ at the Pashupatinath area. The holiday celebrates Goddess Parvati and her union with Lord Shiva.
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Authors

Halpern, Joel Martin

Collection
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Format
Photographs Slides (photographs)
Pages
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Place Discussed
Nepal
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
Nepal
Reference
Local other: mufs001-np-i0249
Rights
Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/aa9453f78cae364d953e01ac0d6dddc7