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Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy
Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876-1895)c. 1880
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This is probably the entrance to a site for the worship of Natha, the Ceylonese counterpart of the all-compassionate Buddhist deity Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The shrine in Kandy dedicated to him, considered an especially lucky and sacred place, was where some royal ceremonies were held, including that for the naming of new kings.
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- Title: Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy
- Creator: Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876-1895)
- Date Created: c. 1880
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); Paper: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); Mounted: 35.4 x 27.5 cm (13 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France, Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.39
- Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Inscriptions: Written in black ink on recto of mount: “Temple”, Imprinted in white type on recto of photograph: “ENTRANCE TO THE NATA DEWALE GROUNDS, KANDY”, Imprinted in black type on recto of photograph: “Scowen”, Imprinted in white type on recto of photograph: “SCOWEN & Co.”
- Department: Photography
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2018.39
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