Benares (inhabited place) -- Varanasi -- Vārānasi
Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:
Temple built on the river mud, 1966
83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Temples
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 Burning Strat, 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
The Cow Temple, Benares, 1902 - 1910
The Great Mosque of Aurungzebe, Benares, 1880 - 1889
291x 239 mm. An almost identical composition to Samuel Bourne's photograph of the scene (see Y3022D/31) but taken some years later and allocated Bourne's old number. No. 1168.
The great mosque of Aurunzebe and adjoining ghats, 1860 - 1869
297 x 235 mm. Similar view to Y3022L/65, looking E along the riverbank towards the Mosque of Aurangzeb, but taken from a greater distance and showing the Ram Ghat in the foreground. Bourne no. 1168.
The Head Shikari, Benares, 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
The Hindu Sanskrit College (Queen's College), Benares, founded 1791, 1874
206 x 156 mm. (p. 341).
The Maharaja of Benares’ Palace, Fort Ramnager, Benares, 1902 - 1910
The Maharaja of Benares’ Palace, Fort Ramnager, Benares, 1902 - 1910
The Maharaja of Benares’ Palace, Fort Ramnager, Benares, 1902 - 1910
The Maharaja of Benares’ Palace, Fort Ramnager, Benares, 1902 - 1910
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.
The Monkey Temple, Benares, 1902 - 1910
The old Vishnagi Temple, 1908-01 - 1908-02
Tawny yellow-gray sandstone, and the used portion brilliant with whitewash.
The Prince and Princess in their royal barge visit the Bathing Ghats, 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
The procession, 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
The river front, Benares, with the minarets of the emperor Aurangzeb's mosque towering in the background, 1874
206 x 160 mm. (p.353).
The Sacred Ganges - temples at Benares, 1932
78 x 52 mm.
The Samrat Yantra at the Mon observatory, 1908-01 - 1908-02
Half-plate. The building was erected by Raja Mon Singh about the year 1600 A.D., and was used as an observatory in the time of hs descendant Sawar Jaya Singh, the founder of Jaypore. The Samrat Yantra was for finding time and destination and hour angle of the heavanly bodies. (Fisher).
The well of knowledge, 1860 - 1869
238 x 284 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/33.