Entrance of Sri Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Charles T. Scowen & Co., 1876 - 1893

Title(s)

Entrance of Sri Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F02373

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Entrance to the Buddhist Temple, Kandy./ Scowen & Co. Ceylon.’

Artist

• photographer: Charles T. Scowen & Co. (mentioned on object)

Place

Kandy (voormalige natie)

Dating

1876 - 1893

Material

• paper

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 217 mm × width 280 mm
height 352 mm × width 401 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
• front steps
• religious functionaries ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism

Where

• Sri Dalada Maligawa

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain