265. Nepalese Temple and Peepul Tree, with Blue Pigeons bathing

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The Peepul, a kind of fig (Ficus religiosa, Linn.), and the pigeon (Columba livida) are both sacred to the Hindoos. It is the skeleton leaves of the Peepul on which Chinese Buddhists paint flowers. See 315
Copyright © RBG KEW
Media ID 4569841
Date: 15th March 1969
Filename: MN_265-004440LA090604_00015.jpg
Image Size: 7920 x 5796 Pixels
Filesize is 30.01MB
Associated Categories: Marianne North
Keywords: art, artist, benares, blue, hindoos, india, landscape, leaves, marianne north, nepalese temple, painting, peepul tree, pigeons, sacred