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Collection Online as of March 16, 2026

Two-Part Panorama with View of the Narmada River at Omkareshwar

1882

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Mounted: 19 x 50.5 cm (7 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2024.82
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The temple on the left is believed to one of 12 places—Jyotirlinga shrines—where the Hindu god Shiva appeared as a bright column of light.

Description

This stunning panorama boldly places the sacred Narmada River in the middle and foreground. Raja Deen Dayal forces the viewer’s eye to journey between the left-hand island with Omkareshwar Temple, an important pilgrimage site that is one of 12 revered Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, and Mamleshwar, a shrine to Shiva on the river’s south bank, which is on the mainland.
  • Jeffrey Bates, United Kingdom
    2001
    Prahlad Bubbar Ltd, London, England
    Sold to Private Collection, London, England
    2001–2024
    (Prahlad Bubbar Ltd., London, England sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    September 9, 2024–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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