The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page xvi
... worship of Vishnu declined in Bengal ; but it was modified and revived in the fifteenth century by a celebrated religious teacher named Choitunya . This eminent personage succeeded in reforming many religious and social abuses , and ...
... worship of Vishnu declined in Bengal ; but it was modified and revived in the fifteenth century by a celebrated religious teacher named Choitunya . This eminent personage succeeded in reforming many religious and social abuses , and ...
Page xvii
... worship Siva and Doorgá , pay their adorations to Krishna . Bholanauth Chunder complains , and with some show of reason , that it is common to tax young Bengal with the want of any religion , and with showing no active hatred of that ...
... worship Siva and Doorgá , pay their adorations to Krishna . Bholanauth Chunder complains , and with some show of reason , that it is common to tax young Bengal with the want of any religion , and with showing no active hatred of that ...
Page xviii
... worship of idols was generally suppressed ; for wealth and idolatry were alike concealed from the eyes of the tyrannical and grasping Nabobs . Under the tolerant rule of the late Company the natives of Bengal displayed their wealth and ...
... worship of idols was generally suppressed ; for wealth and idolatry were alike concealed from the eyes of the tyrannical and grasping Nabobs . Under the tolerant rule of the late Company the natives of Bengal displayed their wealth and ...
Page xix
... reminiscences connected with the worship of Vishnu , and at which the most reputed Gossains have taken up their residence . The annual fairs and festivals which are held in those places are frequented by multitudes of people from Calcutta.
... reminiscences connected with the worship of Vishnu , and at which the most reputed Gossains have taken up their residence . The annual fairs and festivals which are held in those places are frequented by multitudes of people from Calcutta.
Page xx
... worship which is always to be found on such occasions . At a later period his journeys extended to Serampore and Chinsurah , which in those days could only be reached by boats , but which are now within an easy distance by rail . Here ...
... worship which is always to be found on such occasions . At a later period his journeys extended to Serampore and Chinsurah , which in those days could only be reached by boats , but which are now within an easy distance by rail . Here ...
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