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Banaras: image of Hanuman

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dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Kenneth W.
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-18T23:31:40Z
dc.date.available2019-12-18T23:31:40Z
dc.date.updated2019-12-18T23:31:40Z
dc.descriptionThis is a crude representation of Hanuman, the monkey god, found on the banks of the Ganges, at Banaras. Hanuman is shown standing on a demon, carrying Rama and Sita on his shoulders, with a war club in one hand and a mountain peak from the Himalayas in the other. (see also slide 138)
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.format.mediumcolour
dc.identifierANUA 682-3816
dc.identifier.otherAR HIN-114
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/196202
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectHindu images: Household Images
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectsculpture
dc.subjectslide set
dc.titleBanaras: image of Hanuman
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Kenneth W. Morgan, Visual Education Service, The Divinity School, Yale University

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