Title:

Kumbha Mela

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Allahabad ; Allahabad District ; Uttar Pradesh

Date issued/created:

[1989]

Description:

Święto związane z cyklem Jowisza mające szczególne miejsce, gdzie Jamuna wpada do Gangesu w Allahabad (Prayag) w północnych Indiach, gromadzi co 12 lat kilkadziesiąt milionów pielgrzymów. Hinduistyczne obrzędy oraz rytuały są bardzo rozbudowane i trwają ponad dwa miesiące. Zdjęcia wykonane w 1989 roku

Name:

Yogi before entering his cave (Iconographic document)

Other names:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu-Kumbha Mela

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Object description:

Photo (scan from slide). In the photo there is a yogi named Mohan. He is sitting in front of the entrance to the cave where he lives. The sign says 'please do not take stones from the ground'. The headquarters are located in the hills around Rishikesh.

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data:

1989

Accession number:

India part 2, box 4, 0050

Subject and Keywords:

yogi ; Rishikesh

Relation:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu

Resource type:

Image

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open