Name:

Bridge on the Ganges in Lakshman Jhula / Rishikesh (Iconographic document)

Other names:

Rishikesh

Object description:

Photo (scan from slide). Photo taken in front of the entrance to the bridge over the Ganges River. The entrance leads to the left (considered sacred) bank of the river. It is an old bridge located in Lakshman Jhula, in the past (1980-1990) the only connection with the other bank apart from boats. The photo shows a long row of beggars sitting along the edge of the road leading to the bridge. Beggars collecting alms. Most of them had leprosy.

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data:

1984

Accession number:

part 2, box 14, 0010

Subject and Keywords:

bridge on the Ganges ; Lakshman Jhula / Rishikesh

Relation:

Rishikesh

Resource type:

Image

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open