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Description: | View of the Vishnupad temple situated on the west bank of the underground river, Falgu at Gaya in Bihar, from the Elgin Collection: 'Spring Tours 1894-98', taken in 1895. The thirty metre high temple rests on eight rows of decorated pillars. In a subsidiary mandapa is a stone embedded with Lord Vishnu’s footprint called the Vishnupad. The temple was renovated in 1787 by Rani Ahalya Bai. This is a very holy site where Hindus offer pind or oblations for their deceased ancestors. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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