Bathing ghat at Benares, India Grampians National Park Lake District - A couple

Lake District - A couple stand at the waters edge at Ullswater 19 March 1963

Lincoln embraced the abolition of slavery

Third and final state of plate

a cloak of embroidered blue cloth

View of Queen Victoria's royal progress through the City of London

Bathing ghat at Benares, India Grampians National Park Lake District - A coupleBathing ghat at Benares, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Benares (Varanasi) is a major place of pilgrimage for Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists alike. The city has 3 miles of ghats (steps) along the banks of the Ganges, from which Hindus bathe in the sacred river. In addition there are burning ghats, from which the ashes of the cremated are scattered over the water. Benares contains a remarkable total of 1500 temples. Lantern slide.