India Trip_015
Item
- Title
- India Trip_015
- Alternative Title
- India Trip
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- The image features an open scrapbook with two pages. The left page is predominantly orange with a collage of images depicting scenes from Varanasi, India, including a building skyline and a river scene with boats and people. A cutout of a person in traditional attire is placed in the center, looking to the right toward the water. A small logo of Nadesar Palace and the word "Varanasi" is at the top. The right page continues the collage theme with cut-out photos of boats and the Ganges River. There is a section of text at the top and a small photograph of people near the river at the bottom. Orange hues dominate the background, enhancing the contrast of the images and text.
- Identifier
- 030_013014-021714_india_book
- Dates Completed
- January 30, 2014 - February 17, 2014
- Keywords
- Taj Mahal; Golden Book Encyclopedia; Safeway; Columbus Nebraska; Mahatma Gandhi; Mughal art; Indian spiritual texts; India travel; Gretchen Dykstra; Northern India; Mumbai; Elephanta Caves; Varanasi; Panna National Park; Khajuraho; Agra; Jaipur; Jodhpur; Udaipur; Delhi; $14,000 cost; Dallas Morning News pension; Pennies from heaven; Mani Bhavan; Dhobi Ghat; Ganges River; Funeral pyres; Nadesar Palace; Hotel luxury; Panna forest safari; Elephants; Tigers; Sacred sculptures; Oberoi Hotel; Rambagh Palace; Jaipur textiles; Quilt purchases; Umaid Bhawan Palace; Garden of Cosmos; Tara Homes; Gandhi memorials
- Transcription
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Nadesar Palace Varanasi, India A Taj Hotel
Varanasi
FEBRUARY When TUE 4
2014
people bathe in the holy Ganges, they take up the water in their cupped hands and pour it into the river as an offering. A bath in the Ganges has sacred and cultural connotations that go back centuries. It is a cleanser of all sins. It is the protective mother from
which all reality flows and to which everything returns for protection and purification.
River Ganges - Rights
- To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
- Is Part Of
- India Trip
- Relation
- Image Gallery