The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... called Gossains . These Gossains are descendants of Nityanunda , the coadjutor of Choitunya ; and it was to this Nityanunda that Choitunya intrusted the task of spreading his religion , after his retirement from his spiritual labours ...
... called Gossains . These Gossains are descendants of Nityanunda , the coadjutor of Choitunya ; and it was to this Nityanunda that Choitunya intrusted the task of spreading his religion , after his retirement from his spiritual labours ...
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... called from the Kali Chitraswari of that village . She is one of those old images to whom many a human sacrifice has been offered under the régime of the Brahmins . It is said of her , that a party of boat- men was rowing up the river ...
... called from the Kali Chitraswari of that village . She is one of those old images to whom many a human sacrifice has been offered under the régime of the Brahmins . It is said of her , that a party of boat- men was rowing up the river ...
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... called by Jacquemont , a delicious promenade . ' Now that the rail has shortened the journey to Chandernagore , it has produced a revolution in private habits , and men toiling Chinsurah . 11 and transacting their business in the ...
... called by Jacquemont , a delicious promenade . ' Now that the rail has shortened the journey to Chandernagore , it has produced a revolution in private habits , and men toiling Chinsurah . 11 and transacting their business in the ...
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... called Foujdar ; the last of those functionaries , Manickchand , having the latest name on record as a son of Mars among the non - military Bengalees . One of the noblest buildings in Bengal is the Emambarra of Hooghly . The court ...
... called Foujdar ; the last of those functionaries , Manickchand , having the latest name on record as a son of Mars among the non - military Bengalees . One of the noblest buildings in Bengal is the Emambarra of Hooghly . The court ...
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... his house is pointed is a part of old Nuddea that has been spared by the river . In proof of the great antiquity of Nuddea , the Brahmins show you their great tutelary goddess called Pora - maee , a little piece of rough black.
... his house is pointed is a part of old Nuddea that has been spared by the river . In proof of the great antiquity of Nuddea , the Brahmins show you their great tutelary goddess called Pora - maee , a little piece of rough black.
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