Banaras: bathing in river

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Morgan, Kenneth W.
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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This is a closer view of bathing in the Ganges. Note the man in the right foreground making his water offering with hands upraised. Beside him one man is washing his clothes, another is bathing, while above on the steps others have laid out their clothing to dry after washing it in the river.

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Ujjain Mela bathing scenes, etc: Cape Comorin, Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, Varanasi, daily life, slide set

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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