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Title
Thawe fair, India, 1905
Creator
Alexander Banks
Contributor
Gardner & Co Opticians, Glasgow
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1910
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
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact the repository for details.
The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description
Tinted lantern slide showing a crowd of men and women at a fair (or "mela") in the village of Thawe, in Gopalganj, Bihar, India. Durga Temple at Thawe is a major Hindu pilgrimage site, and a month long mela is organised there each year. The original caption to the slide reads: "Thawe Fair - Photo by A.L.B." The photograph was taken by Alexander Banks, one of the first missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union to enter Bihar in 1899, along with George Hicks. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
Format
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
lantern slides
photographs
Identifier
IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-47.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78263
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-47.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Hinduism
Festivals
General views
Time Period
1900/1910
Place
Asia
Bihar
Gopalganj
India
populated places
Source
CSCNWW33/OS14/47 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India captioned lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS14)

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