Players reaching the top of the pole and taking the prizes

Material Information

Title:: Players reaching the top of the pole and taking the prizes
Series Title:: ब्रज में उत्सव: लट्ठ का मेला
Alternate Title:: खिलाड़ी खंभे का सिरा पहुँच कर पुरस्कार को ले रहे हैं
Place of Publication:: वृंदावन, भारत
Vrindavan, India
Publisher:: वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
Publication Date:: 1976-1978
Language:: English

Subjects / Keywords:: एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism ( LCSH )
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
Laṭṭha kā melā
लठ्ठा का मेला
Fair ( LCSH )
मेला
Games ( LCSH )
खेल
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Mathura District -- Vrindavan
Coordinates:: 27.58 x 77.7

General Note:: The IAVRI catalogue places this image in Vrīndaban
General Note:: IAVRI series: Festivals in Braj : Laṭṭha kā melā
General Note:: IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: लट्ठ का मेला
General Note:: 1 colour slide
General Note:: A festival held outside Raṅgajī temple on Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇapakṣa 10, at which participants climb up a greased pole to collect prizes fastened at the top
General Note:: "Between January 1976 and March 1978 over 4,500 photographs were taken and subsequently classified at the Vrindaban Research Institute using a card-index system."

Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Rights Management:: All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:: FB 12.9 ( IAVRI Number )