Image / Entance to Hindu temple, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India, s.d

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Entance to Hindu temple, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India, s.d
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Description: "On the threshold". The entrance of the Hindu temple at Rameswaram. Rameswaram is an island in the Palk Strait which divides Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka. This is one of the holiest sites in India, according to legend sanctified by Rama on his successful return from Sri Lanka after defeating Ravana
From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ceylon, a fascinating field" revised by Rev. A.S. Beaty in 1942. Arthur Stanley Beaty (1883-1970) was a Methodist missionary in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] from 1906 to 1939.
Type: image
Format: Lantern slides, 8 x 8 cm.
photographs
Identifier: impa-m11199 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-MMS-08-20-55-41
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11199
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-MMS-08-20-55-41.jpg
Subject: Methodist Missionary Society
Religious buildings
Exterior views
Place: India
Tamil Nadu
Source: SOAS/MMS/CEY/LS/55/41 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Methodist Missionary Society
Photographs of the Archives and Manuscripts Division, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, ca.1860-1950
School of Oriental and African Studies
impa-m971

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.