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19 CHAPTER III . Puranic form of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque .
19 CHAPTER III . Puranic form of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque .
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Bál - Krishṇa and Chaturbhuj Idols . — Máneswar Temple . The great Image of Tilubhaņdeswar.Ancient mutilated Statue . — Temple of Duláreśwar . - Peepul tree at Chauki Ghát . --- Swinging gods 146 CHAPTER XIII . Durgá Kund Temple .
Bál - Krishṇa and Chaturbhuj Idols . — Máneswar Temple . The great Image of Tilubhaņdeswar.Ancient mutilated Statue . — Temple of Duláreśwar . - Peepul tree at Chauki Ghát . --- Swinging gods 146 CHAPTER XIII . Durgá Kund Temple .
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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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Her thousands of temples , her myriads of idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and circumstance and multifarious representations of idolatry , in their vast aggregate , cause the Hindu ...
Her thousands of temples , her myriads of idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and circumstance and multifarious representations of idolatry , in their vast aggregate , cause the Hindu ...
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... without idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion .
... without idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion .
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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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