Panchadevata Ritual
- Alternate Title:
- Oriyan Ritual
- Title:
- Panchadevata Ritual
- Collection:
- Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
- Photographer:
- MacDougall, Robert D. (Robert Duncan), 1940-1987
- Date:
- 1972
- Location:
- Bhubaneswar (Orissa, India)
- Country:
- India
- ID Number:
- MCD_05455
- Call Number:
- B-Q5 Bhu 7.5 Panch 5-27
- File Name:
- MCD_05455.jpg
- Work Type:
- ritual (event)
- Subject:
- Rituals (Events)
Pujas
mudra - Image View Description:
- Ext.: mudra for projectile offering of flowers, in which flower is sent with force to remove impediments to ritual
- Description:
- Five deities are worshipped when undertaking new home construction or for any major occasion when gods are propitiated: Gana (Ganesh)
Narayana (Vishnu)
Rudra (Shiva)
Ambika (Durga)
and Vashkara (Surya). - Notes:
- Image and original data maintained by the Cornell University Library. This digital collection is a result of a long-term collaboration between Professor Bonnie G. MacDougall, Department of Architecture and Margaret N. Webster, Director of the George W. & Adelaide Knight Visual Resources Facility in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
- Source:
- MacDougall, R. D.
Di¯kshita, Ra¯jes´a, ed.
Vr?had Ta¯ntrika Mudra¯ Maha¯vijn~a¯na
A¯gara¯: Di¯pa Pablikes´ana
1996
Kroch Library Asia
BL1226.82.M93 D54x 1996
Janaki. S. S., ed., Mudra¯lakshan?am: cited in Nirmalaman?i?s Commentary Prabha¯ on Aghoras´iva¯ca¯rya Paddhat
Mayiladuturai: International Institute of S´aiva Siddhanta Research, Dharmapuram Adhinam, Dharmapuram, 1986 - Repository:
- Bonnie G. MacDougall (original photographs)
- Rights:
- The images in the collection are protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is the Estate of their creator/photographer, Robert “Scotty” MacDougall. Images in the collection were created between roughly 1960-1987, and were digitized by Cornell University Library from a variety of negatives, positives, and slides retained by the Estate of the photographer. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.