Benares (inhabited place) -- Varanasi -- Vārānasi
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Hindu Temple, Benares, 1880 - 1889
273x210mm. View of the Monkey Temple at Durga Khund, with steps leading down to the tank in the right foreground. Situated in the south of the city, the temple and tank were built by a Mahratti Rani in the 18th century.
Nepalese Temple, Benares, 1880 - 1889
216x278mm. View of the Nepalese Temple near the Lalita Ghat. The temple is quite unlike Hindu designs, being a square stone building with two tiers of steeply pitched roofs whose projecting eaves are carried on carved wooden beams.
Temples and Burning Ghaut, Benares, 1880 - 1889
273x213mm. View of the Jal Sain or Burning Ghat and surrounding temples and shrines. This ghat or landing place is situated in the centre of Benares near the Golden Temple.
The Minarets, Benares, 1880 - 1889
270x231mm. View of the Panchaganga Ghat in the centre of Benares, with the Mosque of Aurungzeb, known as 'The Minarets', behind. The ghat was constructed by Raja Man Singh of Amber in the 16th century.