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Benares; Sumeree Temple at Ramnuggur, showing the carvings on the lower portion

Date

negative about 1866; print 1869

Medium

Albumen silver print

Culture

English

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Exterior view of an entrance to the Durga Mandir Temple. The lintel above the door is intricately carved with birds and geometric patterns. The building facade surrounding the door frame features reliefs of animals and Hindu gods in square frames arranged in a grid pattern. Bands of geometric patterns separate the reliefs, and statues line the upper edge of the wall. A figure sits on the ground at the half-open door looking inside the building.

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