ID: 700002960 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002960	Record Type: Built Work

Sammy House (shrine (structure); unknown Indian (architect); before 19th century; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;)

Note: Former shrine to Bhaironji, known as a landmark during the Siege of Delhi in 1857. Named as "Sammy House" by British soldiers, as a corruption of "swami."

Titles:

Sammy House (preferred,C,U,English,,)

Sami House (C,U,English,,)

Samee House (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

shrine (structure) [300007558] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: before 19th century

Creator Display:

unknown Indian (architect) [preferred,VP]

architects unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Current: Delhi [7001535] (Geographic)

Address Note: 28.7 77.2

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Bhaironji [901001332]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Sammy House	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Sami House	........ [VP]
	........ Roy, Army in British India (2013) 13
Samee House	........ [VP]
	........ Indira Ghandi National Centre for the Arts (2016-) accessed 13 June 2016

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Indira Ghandi National Centre for the Arts (2016-) accessed 13 June 2016

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000)