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Description: | Watercolour of a Hindu temple at Jagannathpur from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Gheen to Delhi Vol. VI' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r. 1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15.
View of an 18th century Jagannath temple by a lake at Jagannathpur, in Haryana, with a separate enclosed tank. Juggernauth’ or ‘juggernaut’ is a corruption of the Sanskrit word ‘Jagannatha’, or 'Lord of the Universe,' an incarnation of the principal Hindu deity, Vishnu, primarily worshipped at the famous shrine of Puri in Orissa. Inscribed below: 'Juggernaut Mundell at Juggernautpore.' | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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