Priest begging near the Gokarna Mahadev temple

Item Information

Title:
Priest begging near the Gokarna Mahadev temple
Description:
A Hindu priest holds out a begging bowl to passers by near the Gokarna Mahadev temple at the Father's Day Festival in Gokarna, Nepal.
Photographer:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Date:
1959
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Slides (photographs)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 8A. Slides
Subjects:
Crowds--Nepal--Photographs
Fasts and feasts--Nepal--Photographs
Hindu priests--Nepal--Photographs
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--Nepal--Photographs
Hindu temples--Nepal--Photographs
Landscapes--Nepal--Photographs
Newar (Nepalese people)--Photographs
Newar (Nepalese people)--Clothing and dress--Photographs
Newar (Nepalese people)--Rites and ceremonies--Photographs
Umbrellas--Nepal--Photographs
Villages--Nepal--Photographs
Places:
Nepal
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-np-i0336
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Identifier:
mufs001-np-i0336