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Depictions of religious customs in India
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Sheet with two depictions of religious practices 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, an inscription in French.
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Credit lineVoorstellingen van religieuze gebruiken uit India. 1723. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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