Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... month , or the occasion of the numerous Hindu festivals . The most beautiful of all the latter is the Dîwâlî , or Feast of Lamps , in honour of Lakshmi , the goddess of Fortune , at the end of the month of Kartik ( October - November ) ...
... month , or the occasion of the numerous Hindu festivals . The most beautiful of all the latter is the Dîwâlî , or Feast of Lamps , in honour of Lakshmi , the goddess of Fortune , at the end of the month of Kartik ( October - November ) ...
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... month of Kartik is as follows : -Bhîma was a man of enormous size and strength , and had a corre- spondingly prodigious appetite . Like a good Hindu , he wished to worship Krishna in the month of Kartik , but found the fasting so ...
... month of Kartik is as follows : -Bhîma was a man of enormous size and strength , and had a corre- spondingly prodigious appetite . Like a good Hindu , he wished to worship Krishna in the month of Kartik , but found the fasting so ...
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... month of Kartik the edge of the ghât 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 ...
... month of Kartik the edge of the ghât 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 ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kâsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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Aghori ancient Annapurna architectural Aryan ascetic Asoka Barna bath bathers Benares Brahmâ Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghât Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chêt Singh copper Dasâsamedh Ghât Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgâ earth European funeral pyres Ganêsha Ganges ghât goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kâlî Kâsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya Madhu Das's Gardens Mahâbhârata Mahâdeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kôsi Panchganga Pândava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Râma Râmâyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice Sadhus sandhya sannyâsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sîtâ Sitala soul spires spiritual stone story stupa Surya Syama symbol tion trees Trimurti Upanishads Vajrasena Vedas Vedic vessels village Vishnu Wazir Ali Wazir Ali's whole women worship Yama Yudhishthira