<br><dl><dd><i>Benares: Temple on Ganges in state of collapse, India, ca. 1906</i></dd>
<dd>Tinted lantern slide showing part of a Hindu temple which is collapsed, and falls onto a ghat (a set of steps leading to holy water). The temple is in the city of Benares (now known as Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh), the most sacred city in India. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.</dd></dl><dl><dd><b>Photographer</b>: Unknown</dd>
<dd><b>Filename</b>: IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-59.tif</dd>
<dd><b>Coverage date</b>: 1900/1910</dd>
<dd><b>Subject (unesco)</b>: Religious buildings</dd>
<dd><b>Part of collection</b>: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960</dd>
<dd><b>Part of subcollection</b>: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s</dd>
<dd><b>Repository name</b>: Centre for the Study of World Christianity</dd>
<dd><b>Archival file</b>: Volume3/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-59.tif</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (city or populated place)</b>: Varanasi</dd>
<dd><b>Repository address</b>: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (country)</b>: India</dd>
<dd><b>Format (aacr2)</b>: lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (continent)</b>: Asia</dd>
<dd><b>Rights</b>: Contact the repository for details.</dd>
<dd><b>Part of series</b>: Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India captioned lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS14)</dd>
<dd><b>Repository email</b>: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk</dd>
<dd><b>Date created</b>: 1900/1910</dd>
<dd><b>Publisher (of the digital version)</b>: University of Southern California. Libraries</dd>
<dd><b>Subject (aat genre)</b>: exterior views</dd>
<dd><b>Format (aat)</b>: lantern slides; photographs</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (state)</b>: Uttar Pradesh</dd>
<dd><b>Access conditions</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources">http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources</a></dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject</b>: religious facilities</dd>
<dd><b>File</b>: CSCNWW33/OS14/59</dd>
<dd><b>Subject (lcsh)</b>: Temples; Hinduism; Worship</dd></dl>
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