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Dakkineswari temple, to which Ramakrishna was attached
India

circa 1950s

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Dakkhineswari Temple (Dakshineshwar Kali Temple founded 1855), to which the Hindu mystic Ramakrishna Paramhamsa (1826-1886) was attached as priest, seen through the riveted steel girders of the Willingdon Bridge (completed 1931, subsequently renamed Bally Bridge, now Vivekananda Setu) over the Hoogly River (a distributary of the Ganga/Ganges).

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Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019

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Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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ANUA 682-3537

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/195909

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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