The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 80
... is the resort of a large number of worshippers , who seek for themselves and their friends an escape from sickness and death . In the streets leading to the Briddhkál temple , a melá or 80 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... is the resort of a large number of worshippers , who seek for themselves and their friends an escape from sickness and death . In the streets leading to the Briddhkál temple , a melá or 80 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 81
... melá or fair is held every Sunday ; and , once a year , in the month of Sáwan , one on a large scale is held , which lasts for several days . These melás are partly of a religious , and partly of a secular , character ; but their ...
... melá or fair is held every Sunday ; and , once a year , in the month of Sáwan , one on a large scale is held , which lasts for several days . These melás are partly of a religious , and partly of a secular , character ; but their ...
Page 125
... melá is called Lotá - Bhanțá , from the singular custom which prevails , on that occasion , of grinding the vege- table called bhantá , or egg - plant , and mixing it with flour , forming it into cakes , which are eaten at the melá ...
... melá is called Lotá - Bhanțá , from the singular custom which prevails , on that occasion , of grinding the vege- table called bhantá , or egg - plant , and mixing it with flour , forming it into cakes , which are eaten at the melá ...
Page 142
... melá or religious festival there , not be able to undertake the journey , he may , at this ghát , obtain all the merit which he would have ac- quired , had he actually completed the pilgrimage to Prayág , and bathed at the sacred ...
... melá or religious festival there , not be able to undertake the journey , he may , at this ghát , obtain all the merit which he would have ac- quired , had he actually completed the pilgrimage to Prayág , and bathed at the sacred ...
Page 158
... melá or fair is held in its honour ; and , on the Tuesdays of one month of the year , namely , the month of Sáwan , these melás are attended by an enormous multitude of people , who fill the road and spacious gardens adjacent to the ...
... melá or fair is held in its honour ; and , on the Tuesdays of one month of the year , namely , the month of Sáwan , these melás are attended by an enormous multitude of people , who fill the road and spacious gardens adjacent to the ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship