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Obiekt

Tytuł: Temple Karneji Mata, Deshnok, Rajasthan (Iconographic document)

Twórca:

Demski, Dagnosław

Data wydania/powstania:

[1986]

Typ zasobu:

Obraz

Miejsce wydania:

Deshnok ; Bikaner District ; Rajasthan

Opis:

Photography (scan from a slide). In the foreground, the interior of the temple and the altar of the goddess Karna Mata in Deshnok . The image of the goddess is visible inside , placed under a symbolic canopy and richly decorated . In front of it is burning oil lamp . Before the altar sits or stands a group of pilgrims who made the sacrifice for the goddess and praying or talking and waiting for a sign that the goddess took the sacrifice. Just in front of them is the metal bowl with the food on which sits a few rats. After the clothes you can know that they come from Rajasthan. Deshnok Temple is known that resides within it a large number of rats. The local practice of pilgrims idea is that the sacrifice made by pilgrims were eaten by rats . According to the beliefs it is a sign that the goddess took the sacrifice, which is the food. Temple priests belong to Charan caste, a group closely related to Rajputs. Deshnok is located near Bikaner , and the goddess of Karna is tutelary deity of Rajput Rathor clan based in Bikaner

Typ obiektu:

Ethnographic object

Szczegółowy typ zasobu:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Identyfikator zasobu:

oai:rcin.org.pl:42119

Źródło:

part 1, box 9, 0022

Prawa:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Zasady wykorzystania:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitalizacja:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Lokalizacja oryginału:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Dofinansowane ze środków:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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