Bathing in the Ganges

Item Information

Title:
Bathing in the Ganges
Description:
Men coming to bathe in the river Ganges in Varanasi. Varanasi is one of the holiest Hindu sites in India. It is thought to be the oldest continuing city in the world.
Photographer:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Date:
1956
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:
Architecture--India--Uttar Pradesh--Photographs
Bathing customs--India--Photographs
Cities and towns--India--Uttar Pradesh--Photographs
Buildings--India--Uttar Pradesh--Photographs
Ghats (Architecture)--India--Uttar Pradesh--Photographs
Places:
India > Uttar Pradesh
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
Extent:
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-ii-i0003
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-ii-i0003