A Temple at Buniyar
Also titled Een tempel bij Buniyar
Samuel Bourne (Mucklestone, 1834–1912)
1862 - 1864
- Medium
- cardboard, paper
- Classification
- photograph
- Dimensions
- height 240 mm x width 290 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
For the pandits (scholars from the Hindu community of Kashmir and one of the indigenous peoples of that area), this is an emotionally charged image. This ancient temple, probably dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, attracted many photographers at the time. However, due to border tensions after the partition of British India, the area is today guarded by the military and therefore very difficult for the people to access.
