Arkivism
Representations of Religious Customs from India
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Representations of Religious Customs from India

1723 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with two depictions of religious customs from India. Top: Procession for Ganga, the river goddess of the Ganges. Believers offer goats to the goddess to be freed from their sins. Bottom: Believers during the Holi festival, celebrating the victory of good over evil. In the background the pyre symbolizing evil. Below the depictions a caption in French. Numbered in the top right: 108.

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Credit lineVoorstellingen van religieuze gebruiken uit India. 1723. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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