People washing in water from the well on the day of Somavatī Amāvasyā

Material Information

Title:: People washing in water from the well on the day of Somavatī Amāvasyā
Series Title:: ब्रज में उत्सव: बड़ और सोमवती अमावस्या
Alternate Title:: लोग सोमवती अमावस्या के दिन पर कुए से पानी में धो 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 -- भंडिरबन
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism ( LCSH )
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
Somavati Amavasyas
सोमवती अमावस्यास
Bathing customs ( LCSH )
स्नान सीमा
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Mathura District -- Bhandirban
Coordinates:: 27.687548 x 77.716598

General Note:: The IAVRI catalogue places this image in Bhaṇḍirban
General Note:: IAVRI series: Festivals in Braj : Baṛ and Somavatī Amāvasyās
General Note:: IAVRI series: ब्रज में उत्सव: बड़ और सोमवती अमावस्या
General Note:: 1 colour slide
General Note:: The amāvasyā of the month of Jyeṣṭha is a day for bathing and pūjā at bayan (baṛ) trees. When the new moon falls on a Monday (Somavatī Amāvasyā) the water in the well at Bhaṇḍirban is said to turn into milk. Villagers come early in the morning to bathe in the milky water and a fair is held around the well.
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 6.21 ( IAVRI Number )