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The holy fish which saved Manu from the flood , a symbol of good luck , and the
lion vehicle of the goddess Durgâ , are carved on every house and shopfront ;
quaint paintings of the gods and goddesses , of Râma and Sîtâ , and the great ...
The holy fish which saved Manu from the flood , a symbol of good luck , and the
lion vehicle of the goddess Durgâ , are carved on every house and shopfront ;
quaint paintings of the gods and goddesses , of Râma and Sîtâ , and the great ...
Page 118
Proceeding up the river , the next ghât of interest is Sid Chauki Ghât , where ,
under a fine old pippal - tree , there is a small shrine and a great number of old
carved stones , some of snakes , twined together like Mercury ' s caduceus , with
the ...
Proceeding up the river , the next ghât of interest is Sid Chauki Ghât , where ,
under a fine old pippal - tree , there is a small shrine and a great number of old
carved stones , some of snakes , twined together like Mercury ' s caduceus , with
the ...
Page 200
Scattered about Benares in odd corners , and placed under pippal and banian
trees for worship , are numbers of miniature temples elaborately carved in single
blocks of stone , and all of them with the characteristic Hindu sikra or curvilinear ...
Scattered about Benares in odd corners , and placed under pippal and banian
trees for worship , are numbers of miniature temples elaborately carved in single
blocks of stone , and all of them with the characteristic Hindu sikra or curvilinear ...
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Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
THE ADVENT OF BUDDHASARNATH AND | 32 |
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | W. Thacker, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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