Groups of men playing huraṃgā in the streets of Barsānā

Material Information

Title:: Groups of men playing huraṃgā in the streets of Barsānā
Series Title:: ब्रज में उत्सव: होली
Alternate Title:: आदमियों के समूह बरसाना की सड़कों में हुरंगा खेल रहे है
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 -- बरसाना
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اُترپردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- بارش
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism ( LCSH )
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
Holī (Hindu festival) ( LCSH )
होली
Huranga
हुरंगा
Rādhā (Hindu deity) ( LCSH )
राधा
Krishna (Hindu deity) ( LCSH )
कृष्ण
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Mathura District -- Barsana
Coordinates:: 27.65 x 77.38

General Note:: The IAVRI catalogue places this image in Barsānā
General Note:: IAVRI series: Festivals in Braj : Holī
General Note:: IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: होली
General Note:: 1 colour slide
General Note:: The spring festival of Holī is celebrated in Braj from Basant Pañcamī until Caitra Kṛṣṇapakṣa 5. The principal festivities occur in the bright half of Phālguṅa, the pūrnimā of this month being the most important day
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 3.45 ( IAVRI Number )