The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page xxiii
... the banks of the holy stream for a distance of some miles . The narrow busy streets with pagodas on all sides ; the gay bazars teeming with Native manufactures ; the mysterious temples with sacred bulls stabled in the holy precincts ;
... the banks of the holy stream for a distance of some miles . The narrow busy streets with pagodas on all sides ; the gay bazars teeming with Native manufactures ; the mysterious temples with sacred bulls stabled in the holy precincts ;
Page xxiv
... stream ; and the religious mind of the Hindoo is filled with a deep reverential awe at the mingling of the waters , which has its source in a fetische worship which is as old as the hills , and flourished in patriarchal times . This ...
... stream ; and the religious mind of the Hindoo is filled with a deep reverential awe at the mingling of the waters , which has its source in a fetische worship which is as old as the hills , and flourished in patriarchal times . This ...
Page xxv
... streams of pious Mussulmans are ever going on pil- grimage to scatter a few flowers upon the sacred shrines , and to offer up prayers to the prophet of Islam . But there is no space here to dwell longer upon the scenes which our Hindoo ...
... streams of pious Mussulmans are ever going on pil- grimage to scatter a few flowers upon the sacred shrines , and to offer up prayers to the prophet of Islam . But there is no space here to dwell longer upon the scenes which our Hindoo ...
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... stream had flowed as it does in our day . Long had the ragged appearance of Balli , and its mud - built * In allusion to the late author of the ' Literary Leaves , ' who re- sided here for many years . cottages given the lie to its ...
... stream had flowed as it does in our day . Long had the ragged appearance of Balli , and its mud - built * In allusion to the late author of the ' Literary Leaves , ' who re- sided here for many years . cottages given the lie to its ...
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... stream , as the tide carried the boat . Passed Penhatty , in which is the sumaj of Raghub Pundit . He sleeps embowered under the shade of a madhavi tree , while the river flows immediately below with a soft gurgling song . Little ...
... stream , as the tide carried the boat . Passed Penhatty , in which is the sumaj of Raghub Pundit . He sleeps embowered under the shade of a madhavi tree , while the river flows immediately below with a soft gurgling song . Little ...
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