Title

Tower of Silence

Caption

Tower of Silence, circle, wall, historical illustration from 1897, Calcutta, India, Asia

Date

Feb 28, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Wolfgang Diederich

Reference

BRK22B16_469

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75,2Mb (8,1Mb) / 19,3in x 15,1in / 5789 x 4539 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Calcutta Cheel Ghar Dakhma Dakhmas Historic illustration Historic illustrations Historical illustration India Indian Kolkata Tower of Silence West Bengal Zoroastrian animal animals burial site burial sites cadaver carcass carcasses celestial burial celestial burials ceremonial ceremonies ceremony circle circles custom dead dead animal death deaths final resting place funeral funerals grave gravesite gravesites gravestone helical historic historical illustration illustrations incidental people last resting place last resting places religion religions religious resting place ritual rituals round sky burial spiral spirally spirals tomb tomb group tombstone tombstones tradition traditional traditions travel photography wall walls Magianism Mazdaism Zoroastrianism characteristic typical