A Durgha festival at Dibrugarh, Assam, terminates in a frenzied procession to the banks of the Brahmaputra from where images of the goddess are carried out on boats and sunk to the bottom of the great river.

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A Durgha festival at Dibrugarh, Assam, terminates in a frenzied procession to the banks of the Brahmaputra from where images of the goddess are carried out on boats and sunk to the bottom of the great river.

ca. 1944–1945

John Gutmann

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Photographer
John Gutmann (1905–1998)
Title
A Durgha festival at Dibrugarh, Assam, terminates in a frenzied procession to the banks of the Brahmaputra from where images of the goddess are carried out on boats and sunk to the bottom of the great river.
Date
ca. 1944–1945
Object Type
Photograph
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
305 x 267 mm (12 0 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John Gutmann in honor of Dr. Walter Heil
Accession Number
2000.119.2.139

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