Flag of India painted on door
description: Like many other countries, the flag of India displays a symbol and colors significant to it. The saffron refers to cremation, the preferred means of disposing of human corpses among Hindus (more than 80% of the country's population). The 24-point chakra in the center is a symbol of the renown emperor Asoka, who unified much of the country in the 3rd century BCE and set out boundary markers with this symbol on them.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 1
coverage: Indian
coverage: Unknown

Toilet in Indian hotel
description: In settings where Western tourists or business people gather, European style toilets abound. In rural areas, however, people simply use the fields for their bodily functions. Squat toilets are used in public locations.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: Dec-04
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type: Image
identifier: Box 1
coverage: India
coverage: Hotel in India

Looms at Gandhi Institute, Ahmedabad
description: Gandhi strongly believed in the principle of self-reliance ('swadeshi'). He carried this out in part through hand-spinning each morning, before undertaking other activities. This picture shows the looms at which students at the Gandhi Institute work every day, as part of their training.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 1
coverage: Indian
coverage: Ahmedabad, India

Flower merchants, Varanasi
description: Outside major temples, merchants set up stands selling marigolds, the sacred color of Hinduism. Garlands of flowers are used to decorate the statues of deities within the temple and on family shrines.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Varanasi

Lotus growing on pond by shrine
description: Many consider the lotus the most beautiful flower -- yet its roots lie in the muck at the bottom of ponds. It symbolizes growth, decay and rebirth -- part of the endless cycle of being that characterizes Hindu belief.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Roadside shrine
description: Here is a second example of a Hindu roadside shrine, prepared for the convenience of both travelers and residents of the area.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Uttar Pradesh

Large roadside shrine
description: Religious symbols and places of reverence are not confined to formal Hindu temples or homes. This impressive structure stands on a hilltop, visible from quite a distance in all directions.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Madhya Pradesh

Sidewalk shrine to Ganesh
description: Roadside shrines abound in India; the multiple deities of Hinduism mean that shrines can be (and are) placed in numerous locations.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Vadodara, Gujarat, India
coverage: Indian

Oxcarts on the Great Trunk Road
description: Traffic adjacent to the highway is denser than on it, at least in this section of Bihar state. Given the relative poverty and rural nature of the area, much transport occurs by means of oxcarts. Cattle are central to India's economy, providing fuel, fertilizer, transport and food [ghee and milk for most, meat for some].
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Bihar state

Rural home [less prosperous]
description: The poor condition of the roof and numerous people here suggest that this structure houses up to three separate families, all from lower reaches of Indian rural sociey.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Eastern Uttar pradesh

Rural home, northern India
description: The corrugated metal roof and well-built walls suggest that this family owns land [though not necessarily much].
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Merchant, old Delhi marketplace
description: This merchant of general household supplies crowds all his goods into a small space,readily controlled by him and/or oa member of his family. Literally hundreds of such hopss are stuffed into the market of old Delhi.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
identifier: Shopkeeper, old Delhi
coverage: India
coverage: Old Delhi

Sidewalk merchant, Old Delhi
description: The alleys of the Old Delhi market -- like those elsewhere in India -- are lined with small shops of this sort. Family members usually staff the store for long hours. Competition is intense.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Marketplace, Old Delhi

Street of rug merchants, Old Delhi market
description: Much like the aisles of major supermarkets, individual alleys in markets such as this are devoted to single products. Here one sees carpets of all sorts on sale, ranging from [relatively] good hand-made items to cheap machine-woven products.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Old Delhi market

Central market, Delhi
description: Looking from the second floor level, it becomes obvious why handcarts dominate in the marketplace of old Delhi. Not only the cost of motorized transport, but also the sheer squeeze of people, products and the like, result in severe crowding.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Old Delhi market

Housing and business around largest mosque, Delhi
description: The crowded nature of 'old' Delhi [as contrasted with the capital city of New Delhi] becomes clearly apparent in this picture. Taken from the minaret of Jamaa Masjid, it shows commerce, industry and housing jammed together in this Muslim section of the city.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Muslim
coverage: Delhi

Firewood collectors
description: These women earn their living by collecting kindling and basket weaving material, then bringing these to central locations.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Uttar Pradesh

Sweeper at work
description: This woman belongs to one of the lowest groups in India society. As a Dalit, members of her 'jati' -- an occupational grouping -- traditionally clean streets and other public spaces.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Uttar Pradesh, northern India

Street children near Grand Trunk Road
description: It seems likely that many if not all of these children are not attending school -- or certain that they come from the lower strata of society.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Along Grand Trunk Road, Bihar

Family kitchen, Vadodara
description: Although this family is relatively well off, able to support their two daughters in private school, their apartment is clearly cramped -- and the kitchen not designed for cooking at a comfortable height.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Vododara (formerly Baroda), Gujarat State, India

Private school students, Vadodara
description: Parents who support their children in private schools not only purchase what they consider a higher quality education, but must also provide uniforms, as shown on these two girls. Private schools provide instruction in English, while indigenous languages are used in the state-supported schools.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Vadodara (formerly Baroda), Gujarat State, India

Outdoor class, rural school
description: An example of the growing economic gap between rural and urban areas [excepting the worst slums] can be glimpsed in this simple school. The students and teachers have little curricular material, let alone an adequate facility when monsoon rains come.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Central India, possibly Madhya Pradesh

Elderly Sikh reading holy book
description: Perched in a window well at the Golden Temple, the most sacred site for Sikhs, this man seems intent on studying his chosen text. Other pilgrims are trooping around him, and a loudspeaker resounds with the continuous reading of the Sikh holy work, the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Sikh
coverage: Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab state

The great temple of Khajuraho
description: This World Heritage site group of monuments was built over the span of about two centuries. Sandstone is used, without mortar at the joints
description: instead, mortise and tenon joints, plus the weight of the stones themselves, keep the monuments intact. After 1150 or so, they fell into disrepair, and became covered with vegetation. Excavation and restoration began late in the 19th century, and continue to this day.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Hindu
coverage: Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India

Rashtrapati Bhavan and Jaipur Column
description: Built in the early 1930s, the presidential residence was built and the principal buildings of the capital were laid out. Most were designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. The overall intention was emphasizing the majesty of British rule, which came to a swift end barely twelve years after New Delhi was formally established by King George V.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: New Delhi, India
coverage: Indian

Women's clothing on display
description: In most parts of the country, Indian merchants display their goods directly on the street. With ample labor available, tailoring can be carried out quickly, to fit apparel.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: WHERE?

Yakshi sculpture
description: This sculpture of a voluptuous woman is most likely a fertility sculpture of the goddess Yakshi, an earth goddess sacred to Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: New Delhi, India
coverage: Indian

Buddhist cloth on sale
description: These pieces of cloth show the Buddha's footprint, an important symbol JERNOS: PLEASE FINISH THIS.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Tibetan Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, north India

Buddha in Lotus Position
description: Painted inside a Tibetan temple
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Tibetan Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, India

Tibetan worshipers and musicians
description: Tibetan Buddhists frequently travel to the north Indian town of Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha received his enlightenment. This picture was taken inside one of the many temples in this city. It has been elaborately decorated in Tibetan style.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Tibetan Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, India

Preparing fresco, Buddhist temple
description: The large Tibetan community at Bodh Gaya has resulted in the construction of numerous temples, each of them elaborately decorated with murals depicting the life of the Buddha. At the time this photograph was taken, the murals were still being painted.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Tibetan Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state

Well-off woman, New Delhi
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: New Delhi

Child being carried by mother amidst New Delhi traffic
description: Although New Delhi was built with broad boulevards, to escape the strong pressure of Delhi itself, population and taffic growth have meant pedestrians are squeezed into roadways. They must vie there for space with all sorts of transport, public and private.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: New Delhi

Palace guards, Jaipur
description: These guards work within one of the most attractive castles of northwest India -- and are always pleased to pose for tourists' cameras.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Indian
coverage: Muslim
coverage: South Asia
coverage: Jaipur, Rajasthan state

Guard, Jaipur castle
description: Many Indian military and police veterans have found employment in tourist-friendly places.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Jaipur, Rajasthan state

Tibetan merchant, northern India
description: This woman is selling goods of particular interest the large Tibetan exile community that has settled in northern India. Two young Tibetans are standing behind Professor Jeannette Ludwig of UB.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Tibetan Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar State, India

Indian restaurant billboard
description: Note the wide variety of cooking styles supposedly available at this restaurant -- and, more important, the use of Buddha as a symbol to attract potential customers. Niranjana is a Sanskrit word meaning "spotless" or "pure." Ambap?Ÿli, also known as "Ambap?Ÿlika" or "Amrap?Ÿli", was a nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of the republic of Vaishali in ancient India around 500 BCE. Following the Buddha's teachings she became an Arahant. She is mentioned in the old Pali texts and Buddhist traditions, particularly in conjunction with Buddha staying at her Mango grove, Ambapali vana which she later donated to his Order, and wherein he preached the famous Ambapalika Sutta. "Homely" in India means "domestic," not "plain-looking."
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Saddhu holy man at Varanasi
description: Because of the sacred nature of Varanasi [Benares], Hindu pilgrims flock to it from around the world. This man has taken a voluntary vow of poverty, living by gifts from others.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Varanasi [Benares]

Altar to Ganesh
description: This elaborate platform, attended my two gurus, is an altar to Ganesh on one of the staircases leading down to the Ganges River. These staircases are important places for worship among Hindus in India.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
coverage: Indian

Ghat [steps] to Ganges at Varanasi [Benares], bather
description: The chill of the early morning can be seen from the look on this bather's face. The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus. Bathing in it and a pilgrimage to its banks are religious desirable goals.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Varanasi [Benares]

Tibetan boys training as monks
description: Tibetan boys receive Buddhist instruction from an early age. These children were born in India, and may have little opportunity during their lifetimes to visit their parents or grandparents' place of origin. IS TITLE CORRECT? OR ARE THEY SIMPLY PRAYING?
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Buddhist
coverage: Bodhgaya, India

Elaborate Buddhist temple
description: This temple indicates the significance of Tibetan Buddhism in Bodh Gaya. [QUESTION: ONE WORD OR TWO? i USED THE LATTER IN WORKING ON THESE EARLIER.]
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Tibetan/Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, India

Plaques of Buddhas, Mahabodhi temple
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: India

Lay people praying inside Mahabodhi temple
description: These lay Buddhists have come to the Mahabodhi temple, revered as the locale where the Buddha received his enlightenment about 500 years before the start of the Common Era.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state [India]

Buddhist monk purchasing sacred objects
description: Thanks to a sidewalk vendor in Bodh Gaya, the most sacred city to Buddhists, this Sinhalese monk can purchase religious objects.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state [India]

Buddhist monk carrying out prostrations
description: This Tibetan monk is praying through prostration, literally a few feet from the sacred Bodhi tree at the Mahabodhi temple.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state [India]

Tibetan monk doing walking meditation, Mahabodhi temple
description: Walking meditation represents one form of Buddhist religious practice, ADD HERE ABOUT DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT AROUND STUPA.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2

Sri Lankan monk circumambulating sacred space
description: As can be seen from the color of his garment, this Buddhist monk comes from Sri Lanka. Many hundred such pilgrims come regularly to the Mahabodhi temple, seeking their own enlightenment through walking meditation, prostrations under the sacred Bodhi tree, and similar acts of reflection and worship.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar state [India]

Stupa and Mahabodhi temple
description: This pilgrimage locale became a World Heritage Site in 2002, recognizing its religious significance for Buddhists and cultural importance in the history of India. The central tower, which is constructed of brick, rises 55 meters (slightly over 185 feet).
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Buddh Gaya (India)

Massive stupa, Bodh Gaya
description: Bodh Gaya is known around the world as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment [nirvana]. The attached Mahabodhi temple and near-by bodhi tree [under which Gautama received enlightenment] are the site for thousands of Buddhist pilgrims annually. The site was excavated late in the 19th century, and has been carefully restored.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar State [India]

Tibetan monks, northern India
description: Although these young Tibetan monks have one foot in their culture's heritage, they readily partake of 'modern' civilization, including Coca-Cola and the Internet.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Tibetan in India
coverage: Bodh Gaya, Bihar State

Tibetan monks at meal
description: Buddhism has several branches, including Tibetan, Zen (focused in Japan), and Chinese. [Jeannette: please insert info here.] This picture was taken at Bodhgaya, one of the most important cities in India for exiled Tibetans.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Buddhism
coverage: Tibetan
coverage: Bodhgaya, India

Grinding sugarcane
description: India produces millions of tons of sugar annually. In 2007, the US Department of Agriculture estimated that 265 lakh tons would be grown. (A lakh is equivalent to 100,000 through most of South Asia.) Part of the cane is squeezed for juice, a special treat at marketplaces.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India

Buddha figure, Ajanta caves
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Near Aurangabad, Maharashtra State

Entrance to Ajanta caves
description: These 'caves' [similar to the close-by 'caves' at Ellora] were sculpted starting in the second century. Given their quality as examples of Buddhist monumental art, they were honored as a World Heritage Site in 1983. Many of the figures were painted, and traces of pigment remain in isolated areas.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Buddhist
coverage: Near Aurangabad, Maharashtra State

Closeup of Buddha's face in the Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India
description: The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE. The caves include paintings and rock cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art, particularly expressive painting that present emotion through gesture, pose and form. According to UNESCO, these are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art that influenced Indian art that followed. The caves were built in two phases, the first group starting around the 2nd century BC, while the second group of caves built around 400–650 AD according to older accounts, or all in a brief period of 460 to 480 according to Walter M. Spink. The site is a protected monument in the care of the Archaeological Survey of India, and since 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Maharashtra (India)
coverage: Buddhist

Lord Buddha, Ellora Caves
description: This magnificent example of monumental sculpture depicts the Buddha
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India, Buddhist
coverage: Ellora caves, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra State

Professor Jeannette Ludwig with statue of Buddha
description: This world-famous statue of the Buddha is located in the National Museum of India [New Delhi].
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Buddhist
coverage: India, New Delhi

Visitors to Ellanta caves
description: As one of the foremost examples of Indian art, the 34 'caves' at Ellanta count among the most important tourist destinations, particularly for Indian citizens interested in their national, pre-colonial heritage.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Near Auragabad, Maharashtra State

Sculptures at Ellora caves
description: This UNESCO World Heritage Site includes 34-human made 'caves' that have been sculpted between roughly the fifth and tenth centuries. India's religious variety is shown amply: twelve [the earliest] are Buddhist, seventeen Hindu and five Jain. All the carvings are done at more than one level. Overall, the caves are regarded as high points of Dravidian art.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Near Aurangabad, Maharashtra State

Crematorium at Varanasi [Benares]
description: For Hindus, cremation of bodies is considered an obligation. The most sacred place is in Varanasi, on the Ganges. However, the river is extremely polluted at this locale. this pictures shows a modern crematorium, which not only burns bodies quickly and efficiently, but also reduces pollution significantly.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Indian
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Professor Jeannette Ludwig (UB) and Professor Veer Bhadra Mishra, noted hydraulic engineer
description: Professor Mishra is a noted civil engineer and pious Hindu, who teaches in Varanasi [Benares], the most sacred city for Hindus. Professor NAME heads the Tulsi Das temple there. He devised an efficient crematorium that substantially reduces cost, pollution and time. He also proposed ideas for water purification involving natural processes that would cost far less than 'normal' or 'Western'-style plants.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares]

Multiple cremations, New Delhi
description: This government-sponsored setting provides a convenient place at which bodies can be burned prior to ritual disposal of the ashes.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: New Delhi

Body being cremated, New Delhi
description: As indicated on another slide, Hindus prefer to cremate bodies, ideally in sacred sites. This picture was taken where numerous corpses can be burned simultaneously. Expensive sandalwood is considered appropriate to honor the deceased.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: New Delhi

Corpse laid out for ceremonial burning, Delhi
description: When a Hindu dies, his eldest son is responsible for cremating the corpse. The most honorable religious fashion is using sandalwood, then scattering the ashes into one of India's sacred rivers, especially the Ganges.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: EITHER DELHI OR VARANASI

Preparing for ritual cremation
description: This young man is preparing for the funeral/cremation of his father. Before doing so, however, he is lighting puja [incense].
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Barber on Varanasi ghat
description: Prior to undertaking a sacred rite, notably cremation of one's parents, the eldest son will have his head shaved. This picture was taken at Varanasi [Benares], the most sacred city to Hindus.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares]

Saddu [wandering Hindu ascetic]
description: One can find thousands of itinerant sadhus [Hindu ascetics] in India. They survive by donations from others. This person was located in Varanasi [Benares], the most sacred city for Hindus.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Hindu holy man ('sadhu')
description: As do almost all other religions, Hinduism gives special reverence to individuals who renounce 'worldly' cares and live making minimal demands on others. Both men and women participate
description: females choosing such lifestyles are called sadhvi, meaning 'good woman.'
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Indian/Hindu
coverage: Varanasi (Benarest)

Bathers at Varanasi [Benares]
description: Hindus seek to bathe as regularly as possible in the Ganges, particularly at Varanasi [Benares], the most sacred city of all. Because of the chilly weather, only a few men dare to come early this morning.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Indian citizens bathing and washing, banks of Ganges
description: The Ganges not only is the most sacred river for Hindus, but serves more mundane functions as a major source of water and place for doing laundry. This picture shows early morning bathers carrying out ritual functions and a woman preparing laundry for washing -- done by beating the clothes on rocks, then spreading them in the sun to dry.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares]

Freshly washed cloth and clothing, Varanasi [Benares] ghat
description: After washing in the Ganges [which, despite its significant pollution, is used for bathing, laundry and as a water source by thousands in this area], clothing is left on the ghats [steps] to dry naturally in the sun.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Indian
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Persons bathing, ghats at Varanasi (Benares)
description: This closeup shows persons shortly after daybreak coming to bathe in the sacred Ganges River. The river bank is lined with elaborate temples built by wealthy families.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Indian/Hindu
coverage: Varanasi (Benares), India

Boats on Ganges, Varanasi (Benares), dawn
description: Varanasi is the most sacred city to Hindus. Located on the Ganges, devout persons travel there at any point in their lives to bath in its special waters and thereby achieve greater opportunity for upward mobility. For tourists, a dawn ride on the Ganges river, allowing for excellent views of the steps ('ghats') leading from the city to the water.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi (Benares)

Street vendor, beads
description: Traders operate in India [and many other developing countries] not only from fixed locations, but also by walking down major streets.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Indian
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Busy street in Varanasi
description: India's cities are among the most densely crowded in the world. This early morning picture depicts a typical street in Varanasi [Benares], the most holy city of India.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi [Benares], India

Muslim women in full covering
description: Pious Muslim women will cover their bodies and heads when leaving their homes, particularly when they appear in public places, such as this marketplace in Rajasthan.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Rajasthan, India

Outdoor shops in Varanasi
description: The great majority of the people of India shop in specialized outdoors stalls of this sort. They are grouped together by specialization. You can find, for example, entire rows devoted to car batteries, spices, or the colorful cloth shown here.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Varanasi, India

Learn Hindi the easy way?
description: This poster is one of many around the most sacred city of Hinduism. Those who run the course have a large potential audience: pilgrims coming to bathe in Ganges
description: Hindus from non-Hindi-speaking areas may also be interested.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Hindu
coverage: Varanasi, India

Erotic sculpture, Khajuraho [Madhya Pradesh]
description: This close-up again shows the affirmation of the life-creating force. The intent of the sculptors was not to titillate, but to marvel at the mystery of how sexual union led to new life.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India
description: Although buried for centuries, excavations in the late 19th and 20th century uncovered this extraordinary example of sculpture affirming the creation of life. The monument complex of Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was constructed roughly from 950 to 1150. The complex fell into disrepair for several centuries. It was subsequently excavated by British, Indian and others.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: Hindu
coverage: Jain
coverage: Madhya Pradesh, India

Lingam, Udaipur temple
description: Central to Hindu belief is the lingam, drawn from early civilizations in the Indus valley. Many meanings are attached to this Sanskrit word, including * The image of a god * A symptom or mark of disease * A spot or stain * A means of proof, a proof, evidence * The effect or product which evolves from a primary cause * The concept of grammatical gender * The phallus It is often associated with the god Shiva, who is seen as the creator.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India/Hindu
coverage: Udaipur, Rajasthan state

Temple entrance, Udaipur
description: This temple in Udaipur is one of the finest in Rajasthan, a state in northwest India. Once one of the so-called 'princely states,' which maintained limited degrees of autonomy under British rule, Udaipur is noted now for its Rajput-era palaces. [See other examples in this collection.]
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-12
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Box 2
coverage: India
coverage: Udaipur, Rajasthan state