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Panchadevata Ritual

Title:
Panchadevata Ritual
Alternate Title:
Oriyan Ritual
Collection:
Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
Photographer:
MacDougall, Robert D. (Robert Duncan), 1940-1987
Date:
1972
Site:
Bhubaneswar (Orissa, India)
Country:
India
Identifier:
MCD_05455
Work Type:
ritual (event)
Subject:
Rituals (Events)
Pujas
mudra
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).
Source:
MacDougall, R. D.
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.

About the collection

A collection of materials on South Asian architecture assembled over a 22 year period by Professor Robert D. "Scotty" MacDougall (1940-1987), an architect and an anthropologist. The core of this collection consists of approximately 6,682 photographs depicting significant works of architecture through time and across regional traditions throughout continental India.