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Page vii
I would likewise acknowledge my great obligations to D. TRESHAM , Esq . , Head
Master of the Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent
photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been
taken .
I would likewise acknowledge my great obligations to D. TRESHAM , Esq . , Head
Master of the Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent
photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been
taken .
Page 9
Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of the head , go
naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with
ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from
...
Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of the head , go
naked , and are destitute of any kind of clothing . Some besmear their bodies with
ashes , and practise zealously severe austerities , in order to obtain release from
...
Page 43
... which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel
containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small spoon , and
then gently poured a few drops upon the head of BENARES , PAST AND
PRESENT .
... which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel
containing water , into which every now and then she dipped a small spoon , and
then gently poured a few drops upon the head of BENARES , PAST AND
PRESENT .
Page 44
then gently poured a few drops upon the head of the image . She then reverently
folded her hands , and muttered words of prayer , occasionally moving one hand
to her face , and with finger and thumb compressing her two . nostrils , in order ...
then gently poured a few drops upon the head of the image . She then reverently
folded her hands , and muttered words of prayer , occasionally moving one hand
to her face , and with finger and thumb compressing her two . nostrils , in order ...
Page 48
Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half -
naked Brahman , —with shaven head , save a long tuft depending from his crown
behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear , and the symbol
of ...
Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half -
naked Brahman , —with shaven head , save a long tuft depending from his crown
behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear , and the symbol
of ...
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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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