Benares. Ganga Mehal Ghat.

Benares. Ganga Mehal Ghat.

c. 1910
Publisher No.: 
1217
14.00x
9.05cm

Ganga Mahal Ghat is one of the holiest ghats at Varanasi and was built in the 1830s. Note how the hand-tinting has highlighted, not too carefully, the sun umbrellas in the foreground. A scattering of red, from a dhoti to palace overhangs to a portion of a boat, adds sparkle to the postcard.