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Title
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
"Ramissaram Temple". Temple gopuram at Rameswaram, 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-m11198 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-MMS-08-20-55-40
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11198
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-MMS-08-20-55-40.jpg
Subject
Methodist Missionary Society
Religious buildings
Exterior views
Place
India
Tamil Nadu
Source
SOAS/MMS/CEY/LS/55/40 [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

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