Zoroastrian Tower of Silence
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence in India. These towers or Dakhma are circular, raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead and hence consumption by vultures
Picture No
10430800
Media ID
45573478
Size
4936px x 3538px
(5.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
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