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Description: | A hand-coloured print of a ghat on the Hooghly, from the Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and Surrounding Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851. The Hooghly is a distributary of the Holy Ganges and is thus considered very sacred and forms an important part of the religious life of Calcutta. People gather for prayers and ritual ablutions at the neo-classical ghats and at the waterfront temples built by rich religious Hindu families. This is a view of a ghat, or landing-place, in the European classical style, on the banks of the River Hooghly. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Ghats Rivers | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Fiebig, Frederick | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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