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Description: Photograph taken by Cecil Beaton for the Ministry of Information. "The Sacred City of Benares. The shopping centre of Benares in a downpour of rain, showing camels which make up a large part of the traffic."

Date: 1944

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 14/434/3

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Camera location25° 18′ 52.96″ N, 82° 59′ 17.15″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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