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Page 80
The fame of this shrine is considerable ; and it 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 Bșiddhkál temple , a melá or 80 ...
The fame of this shrine is considerable ; and it 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 Bșiddhkál temple , a melá or 80 ...
Page 81
streets leading to the Bșiddhkál temple , a 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 ...
streets leading to the Bșiddhkál temple , a 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 ...
Page 125
This melá is called Loța - Bhanțá , from the singular custom which prevails , on
that occasion , of grinding the vegetable called bhanțá , or egg - plant , and
mixing it with flour , forming it into cakes , which are eaten at the melá . The tank
is a ...
This melá is called Loța - Bhanțá , from the singular custom which prevails , on
that occasion , of grinding the vegetable called bhanțá , or egg - plant , and
mixing it with flour , forming it into cakes , which are eaten at the melá . The tank
is a ...
Page 142
Should a Hindu , therefore , wishing to proceed to Prayag , at the time of the melá
or religious festival there , not be able to undertake the journey , he may , at this
ghát , ebtain all the merit which he would have acquired , had he actually ...
Should a Hindu , therefore , wishing to proceed to Prayag , at the time of the melá
or religious festival there , not be able to undertake the journey , he may , at this
ghát , ebtain all the merit which he would have acquired , had he actually ...
Page 158
Throughout the day worshippers may be seen performing their devotions in the
presence of the idol , while , every Tuesday , a melá or fair is held in its honour ;
and , on the Tuesdays of one month of the year , namely , the month of Sawan ...
Throughout the day worshippers may be seen performing their devotions in the
presence of the idol , while , every Tuesday , a melá or fair is held in its honour ;
and , on the Tuesdays of one month of the year , namely , the month of Sawan ...
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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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