Priest blessing a pilgrim near the Baghmati river

Item Information

Title:
Priest blessing a pilgrim near the Baghmati river
Description:
A Hindu priest blesses a pilgrim that has been bathing in the Baghmati river near the Gokarna Mahadev temple at the Father's Day Festival in Gokarna, Nepal. Other people continue to bathe in the background.
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:
Bathing customs--Nepal--Photographs
Crowds--Nepal--Photographs
Fasts and feasts--Nepal--Photographs
Hindu priests--Nepal--Photographs
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages--Nepal--Photographs
Hindu temples--Nepal--Photographs
Newar (Nepalese people)--Photographs
Newar (Nepalese people)--Clothing and dress--Photographs
Newar (Nepalese people)--Rites and ceremonies--Photographs
Villages--Nepal--Photographs
Places:
Nepal
Baghmati River (Nepal and India)
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-np-i0337
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-i0337