Melbourne's Hindu community in attendance for the Kumbhabishekam, a purification ceremony, held at the Hindu temple, Carrum Downs, Victoria, April 2007 [picture] / Rodney Dekker

Bib ID:
4318920
Format:
Picture
Author:
Dekker, Rodney, 1974-
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item
Description:
  • 2007
  • 1 photograph : col. ; image 31.3 x 47 cm., on sheet 41 x 50.9 cm.
Summary:

Melbourne's large Hindu community came together in April 2007 for a purification ceremony held at its temple in Carrum Downs. Performed every 12 years, the Kumbhabishekam ceremony is a symbolic worship aiming to re-energise the temple, its many deities and devotion in the community--Information from acquisition documentation.

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  • "In editorial and non-advertising uses, a credit line '© Rodney Dekker' must be included"--Note from photographer.
  • Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137353646
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Purchased from the photographer, 2008.
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