Devi (goddesss) stone below rejakhule stones

  • von Stockhausen, Alban
(June 6, 2011)
ccbyncsa4.0

Content Description

Title
Devi (goddesss) stone below rejakhule stones
Description
Rai participants of the Tuwachung-Jayajum festival acknowledge that this place is the worship place of a presumably Hindu devi (goddess) unknown to them. Some participants associate it with Malla devi, the daughter of a Malla king.
Keywords
ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai researcher:Marion Wettstein ritual-type:ancestral>event:offering for the ancestors group:Rai group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai researcher:Alban von Stockhausen mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu ritual-type:hinduist ritual-type:ancestral
Location
  • Country: Nepal [geonames.org, tgn]
  • Province/state: Khotang [geonames.org]
  • Municipality: Halesi Tuwachung
  • City: Salle [geonames.org]
  • Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum
  • Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum>place:Reijakule deity>deity:Reijakule
  • Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
description author(s)
  • Marion Wettstein
  • von Stockhausen, Alban

Media Description

hav media handle
10350
original media identifier
NP11_Ph5D2_04868
original media type
digital/photo
creator(s)
  • von Stockhausen, Alban (photographer)
creation date
June 6, 2011
archived by
jusch
archiving date
May 12, 2021, 6:05 a.m.

Archived Files and Derivatives

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NP11_Ph5D2_04868.dng (23.7 MB)
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