A Howdah containing the deistic insignia of another of the four Hindu Devale Temples that serve to protect Sri Lanka and Sri Dalada Maligawa, in procession during the Perahera Festival, Kandy, Sri Lanka.|Sri Lanka, Kandy, Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Dalada Maligawa).
- Description
- Ethnographic Documentation: Animal care and training.; Ethnographic Documentation: Buddhist rituals and festivals, the Perahera Festival.
- Creator
- Wheeler, Mary Binney
- Form
- color slides
- Date
- 1982
- Subject
- Temple of the Tooth (Kandy, Sri Lanka)
- Buddhism--Rituals
- Animal training
- Care of sick animals
- Esala Perahera
- Collection
- South Asia Art Archive
- Mary Binney Wheeler Image Collection
- Extent
- 5 x 5 cm.
- Related Place
- Kandy (Sri Lanka)
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Resource Type
- Still Image
- Identifier
- (Wheeler Sri Lanka) mbwsl0227
- 22291757
- 133946
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