File:The ghats at Haridwar - British Library, Add.Or.4783.jpg
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editSita Ram: The ghats at Haridwar
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The ghats at Haridwar |
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English: The ghats at Haridwar
Watercolour of the ghats at Haridwar from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Mohumdy to Gheen Vol. V' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r. 1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15. Haridwar, located on the right bank of the Ganges river in Uttar Pradesh, is known for the bathing ghat called Harikacharan, or Vishnu's Footprint, at the Gangadwara temple. Idealised view of a bathing ghat and temple in Haridwar. Inscribed below: 'Bathing place at Hurdwar.' |
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| Depicted place | Haridwar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1814 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | watercolor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 37.7 cm (14.8 in); width: 54 cm (21.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Add.Or.4783 |
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| Credit line | British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections | |||||||||||||||||||
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https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0004783u00000000.html https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2016/01/the-rediscovery-of-an-unknown-indian-artist-sita-rams-work-for-the-marquess-of-hastings.html |
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