Boys with Ṭesū and girls with Jhāṃjhī

Material Information

Title:: Boys with Ṭesū and girls with Jhāṃjhī
Series Title:: ब्रज में उत्सव: सांझी और टेसू
Alternate Title:: लड़के टेसू के साथ और लड़कियाँ झाँझी के
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
Jhanji
Tesu
झांजी
टेसू
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 : Sāṃjhī and Ṭesū
General Note:: IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: सांझी और टेसू
General Note:: 1 colour slide
General Note:: During the dark half of the month of Āśvina (especially from ekādaśī to amāvasya) designs in coloured powders, renewed daily, are made in some temples and houses. Also at this time boys with models of Ṭesū, and girls with Jhāṃjhī (clay lamps), go from door to door singing songs and collecting money.
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 19.21 ( IAVRI Number )