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Page 9
For picturesqueness and grandeur , no sight in all the world can well surpass that of Benares as seen from the river Ganges . Macaulay's graphic description of her appearance towards the close of the last century is ...
For picturesqueness and grandeur , no sight in all the world can well surpass that of Benares as seen from the river Ganges . Macaulay's graphic description of her appearance towards the close of the last century is ...
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... as compared with those on the northern side ; and his attention will be , or ought to be , powerfully arrested by the venerable appearance of many of the buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its neighbourhood .
... as compared with those on the northern side ; and his attention will be , or ought to be , powerfully arrested by the venerable appearance of many of the buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its neighbourhood .
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... temples have multiplied at a prodigious rate ; and this rate , at the present moment , is , I believe , rather increasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its external appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as With ...
... temples have multiplied at a prodigious rate ; and this rate , at the present moment , is , I believe , rather increasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its external appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as With ...
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But the abundance of idols and fanes all over the city gives it a strange and repellent appearance . By a more recent estimate than that made by Mr. Prinsep , the following results have been arrived at , the accuracy of which , however ...
But the abundance of idols and fanes all over the city gives it a strange and repellent appearance . By a more recent estimate than that made by Mr. Prinsep , the following results have been arrived at , the accuracy of which , however ...
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The worshippers are of all classes and conditions , and present a singular , and even picturesque , variety of appearance . Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half - naked Brahman , —with shaven head ...
The worshippers are of all classes and conditions , and present a singular , and even picturesque , variety of appearance . Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half - naked Brahman , —with shaven head ...
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already ancient antiquity appearance banks base bathe believe Benares body Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building built called capitals carved century character Christian considerable contains deities described distance divine edifice enclosure entire erected existence extent face feet figure five former formerly four Ganges Ghát give goddess gods Government ground hands head height held Hindu honour hundred idols images inches India interest king latter leading less Mahadeva Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque native object observed offerings once original pass perhaps period persons pilgrims pillars portion position present probably Raja reason received referred regarded religion religious remains remarkable representing residence respecting river road ruins sacred seen shrine side situated Siva square stands statue stone supposed tank temple thousand tower various wall whole worship
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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