Buddhist Art Gallery: Kathmandu valley: photo 27
Photo 27 of 137 in Gallery: Buddhist Art Gallery: Kathmandu valley
Image title: Oil lamp with Ganesha
Description of the photo
This bronze sculpture shows an Oil lamp with a Ganesha (Ganesh) figure from the 19th century.—Specifications: 8.5cm x 10cm.
The text in Devanagari reads:
इनाय् दलू (दियो)
Transliteration (IAST):
ināy dalū (diyo)
Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):
inay dalu ...
Gallery information:
Kathmandu valley in Nepal offers a wide variety of Buddhist objects such as paintings, scriptures, sculptures, ritualistic objects, etc. Buddhism was embraced by the people of Kathmandu valley and the Licchavi rulers up to 8th century encouraged Buddhism. The items found here are exhibited in the National Museum of Nepal (Rashtriya Museum).
Photo details:
Date: 2019-11-29
Camera: SONY ILCE-6400
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 400
Focal length: 37mm
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Size: 1.21 MB
Resolution: 1047 x 2000
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0