Pilgrims buying sealed jars of Yamuna River water

Material Information

Title:: Pilgrims buying sealed jars of Yamuna River water
Series Title:: ब्रज में उत्सव: यम द्वितीया
Alternate Title:: तीर्थयात्री यमुना नदी के पानी के घड़े खरीद 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 -- मथुरा
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- متھرا
Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages ( LCSH )
तीर्थयात्रियों और तीर्थ
Rivers ( LCSH )
नदियों
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Mathura District -- Mathura -- Yamunā River
Coordinates:: 27.58 x 77.7

General Note:: The IAVRI catalogue places this image in Mathura
General Note:: IAVRI series: Festivals in Braj : Yam Dvitīyā
General Note:: IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: यम द्वितीया
General Note:: 1 colour slide
General Note:: Kārtika śuklapakṣa 2, also called Bhaiya Doj, is a particularly auspicious day for bathing in the Yamunā at Mathura. Brothers and sisters exchange gifts, bathe together, and perform Yama-Yamunā pūjā.
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 18.5 ( IAVRI Number )