Image: Benares- The Golden Temple, India, ca. 1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-66)

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Description: Benares: The Golden Temple, India, ca. 1915 Tinted lantern slide showing an image of the Golden Temple in Benares (Varanasi), in the province of Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi is one of the oldest and holiest cities in India. The temple pictured is the Kashi Vishwanath Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, one of the best known temples in India. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal. Photographer: Unknown Filename: IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-66.tif Coverage date: 1910/1920 Subject (unesco): Religious buildings; Religious activities Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960 Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file: Volume3/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-66.tif Geographic subject (city or populated place): Varanasi Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom Geographic subject (country): India Format (aacr2): lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm Geographic subject (continent): Asia Rights: Contact the repository for details. Part of series: Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India captioned lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS14) Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk Date created: 1910/1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Subject (aat genre): exterior views Format (aat): lantern slides; photographs Geographic subject (state): Uttar Pradesh Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources Geographic subject: religious facilities: Kashi Vishwanath Temple File: CSCNWW33/OS14/66 Contributor: Newton & Co., 37 King Street, Covent Garden, London Subject (lcsh): Temples; Hinduism; Worship
Title: Benares- The Golden Temple, India, ca. 1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-66)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78278
Author: Unknown author
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License: Public domain
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