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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/BRAJ000903/00001
Notes
- General Note:
- The IAVRI catalogue places this image in Mathura
- General Note:
- IAVRI series: Festivals in Braj : Mātā Pūjā and Devī Pūjā
- General Note:
- IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: माता पूजा और देवी पूजा
- General Note:
- 1 colour slide
- General Note:
- Mātā Pūjā (or Sītalā Āṭhai) is held on Caitra kṛṣṇapakṣa 8 : On this day offerings are made to appease the goddess believed to control outbreaks of smallpox and similar diseases Donkeys and piles of stones placed at crossroads are given offerings of food (pūṛī, rice, turmeric etc.). Shortly afterwards, during the Caitra Navarātrī (śuklapakṣa 1-9), there follow nine days of pūjā for Devī. At this time processions are held and some Devī temples become sites for fairs and festivity
- 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."
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- FB 24.16 ( IAVRI Number )
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