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... holy wells and tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them — the peculiar customs at the temples — the ceremonies of the idolater — the modes of worship — the religious festivals ...
... holy wells and tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them — the peculiar customs at the temples — the ceremonies of the idolater — the modes of worship — the religious festivals ...
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-The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from Worshipping in this Temple . - Kot Lingeswar .-- Nának Sháh , the Sikh Guru . -Painting in the Trilochan Temple , depicting the Punishments of Hell . — Trilochan Ghát . — Gáe Ghát.— ...
-The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from Worshipping in this Temple . - Kot Lingeswar .-- Nának Sháh , the Sikh Guru . -Painting in the Trilochan Temple , depicting the Punishments of Hell . — Trilochan Ghát . — Gáe Ghát.— ...
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2 Professor Wilson asserts , characteristically , that Benares “ has been , from all time , as it is at present , the high place of the Saiva worship . ” Translation of the Vishnu - purána , Book V. , Chapter XXXIV . , last note .
2 Professor Wilson asserts , characteristically , that Benares “ has been , from all time , as it is at present , the high place of the Saiva worship . ” Translation of the Vishnu - purána , Book V. , Chapter XXXIV . , last note .
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Elsewhere we read , that , “ having broken the idols in above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . ” Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 .
Elsewhere we read , that , “ having broken the idols in above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . ” Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 .
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There are a hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part , worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaï ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown ...
There are a hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part , worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaï ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown ...
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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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