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Temples of Alpmrites'war and Ratnes'war . . . CHAPTER V. Legend respecting
Divodas.--Temple of Divodaseswar.— The Well Dha-rm-kfip.—Radha-Krishna.—
The Neig-Ki'lau, or Serpent's Well.—Old Images.—Templ'es of Bages'wari, ...
Temples of Alpmrites'war and Ratnes'war . . . CHAPTER V. Legend respecting
Divodas.--Temple of Divodaseswar.— The Well Dha-rm-kfip.—Radha-Krishna.—
The Neig-Ki'lau, or Serpent's Well.—Old Images.—Templ'es of Bages'wari, ...
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The Bengali population of Benares.-—The popular Temple of Kedz'rres'wan-
Legend of Kedar.-—Mansarwar Tank and surrounding Temples. — Bal-Krishna
and Chaturbhuj Idols. — Manes'war Temple.—The great Image of Tilubhandes'
war.
The Bengali population of Benares.-—The popular Temple of Kedz'rres'wan-
Legend of Kedar.-—Mansarwar Tank and surrounding Temples. — Bal-Krishna
and Chaturbhuj Idols. — Manes'war Temple.—The great Image of Tilubhandes'
war.
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There is no city in India in which the reverence paid to images is more absolute
and complete than in Benares. It is remarkable, too, as showing the extent to
which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes, that pandits and thinking
men, ...
There is no city in India in which the reverence paid to images is more absolute
and complete than in Benares. It is remarkable, too, as showing the extent to
which the spirit of idolatry has permeated all classes, that pandits and thinking
men, ...
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... which images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited. These
Secondary shrines, if they be worthy of this designation, each occupied by one or
more idols, are, in some parts of the city, exceedingly numerous. Figures of all
forms, ...
... which images in immense multitudes were and are still deposited. These
Secondary shrines, if they be worthy of this designation, each occupied by one or
more idols, are, in some parts of the city, exceedingly numerous. Figures of all
forms, ...
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692 34 1454 272 The Hindus have a strange fancy for accumulating idols in
certain spots. Not content with depositing an image in a temple, they ornament its
portico and Walls with deities, or arrange them in rows in the temple enclosure.
692 34 1454 272 The Hindus have a strange fancy for accumulating idols in
certain spots. Not content with depositing an image in a temple, they ornament its
portico and Walls with deities, or arrange them in rows in the temple enclosure.
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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