Name:

Kedarnath Temple (Iconographic Document)

Other names:

Różne – obrazy Indii i Pakistanu

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Object description:

Photo (scan from slide). A street leading to the main temple in Kedarnath / Himalayas. There is a bull figure (Nandin) in front of the entrance. Pilgrims stand in line to enter. In the foreground you can see a brahmana writing down the names of the pilgrims who came to the temple. In the background you can see the high peaks of the Himalayas. Kedarnath is at the end of one of the roads leading north. There are no more inhabited places, and there are paths on which only ascetics walk.

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data:

1984

Accession number:

part 2, box 14, 0028

Subject and Keywords:

Kedarnath temple ; Himalayas

Relation:

Różne - Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu

Resource type:

Image

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-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