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The story which explains why Bhîma is worshipped for the last five days of the
month of Kartik is as follows : - Bhîma was a man of enormous size and strength ,
and had a correspondingly prodigious appetite . Like a good Hindu , he wished
to ...
The story which explains why Bhîma is worshipped for the last five days of the
month of Kartik is as follows : - Bhîma was a man of enormous size and strength ,
and had a correspondingly prodigious appetite . Like a good Hindu , he wished
to ...
Page 150
In the month of Kartik the edge of the ghất is lined with a forest of bamboo poles ,
from which Chinese lanterns are suspended , placed there by the bathers , so
that when the moon is on the wane the Pitris , the Fathers who dwell above in ...
In the month of Kartik the edge of the ghất is lined with a forest of bamboo poles ,
from which Chinese lanterns are suspended , placed there by the bathers , so
that when the moon is on the wane the Pitris , the Fathers who dwell above in ...
Page 178
Chết Singh also constructed a fine bathing tank at Ramnagar , which is
frequented by large crowds in the month of Magh ( JanuaryFebruary ) . Vedavyâs
, the reputed compiler of the Vedas , is said to have appointed Ramnagar to be a
place of ...
Chết Singh also constructed a fine bathing tank at Ramnagar , which is
frequented by large crowds in the month of Magh ( JanuaryFebruary ) . Vedavyâs
, the reputed compiler of the Vedas , is said to have appointed Ramnagar to be a
place of ...
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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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