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It contains a fine library , including a splendidly illustrated copy of the Râmâyana ,
and a very interesting collection of old Indian paintings . Some of the Benares
temples , though architecturally unimportant , are interesting as illustrating the ...
It contains a fine library , including a splendidly illustrated copy of the Râmâyana ,
and a very interesting collection of old Indian paintings . Some of the Benares
temples , though architecturally unimportant , are interesting as illustrating the ...
Page 179
There are very interesting copper or silver masks of Bhaironath sometimes to be
found in Benares . An unfinished , but very expressive one , suggestive of an
Egyptian mummy , is here illustrated . CXGanesha , the son of Shiva , has many ...
There are very interesting copper or silver masks of Bhaironath sometimes to be
found in Benares . An unfinished , but very expressive one , suggestive of an
Egyptian mummy , is here illustrated . CXGanesha , the son of Shiva , has many ...
Page 186
... traversed the whole length of the ghâts from the south to the north . But the
most interesting and the most meritorious of all the pilgrimages is that of the
Panch - kôsi road , the sacred road which limits the area of Benares on the land
side .
... traversed the whole length of the ghâts from the south to the north . But the
most interesting and the most meritorious of all the pilgrimages is that of the
Panch - kôsi road , the sacred road which limits the area of Benares on the land
side .
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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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