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Their ordinary dwellings were probably of mud , roofed with bamboos and thatch
— very like those in the villages round Benares now ; the better ones might have
been partly of brick or stone , plastered over and decorated with paintings in ...
Their ordinary dwellings were probably of mud , roofed with bamboos and thatch
— very like those in the villages round Benares now ; the better ones might have
been partly of brick or stone , plastered over and decorated with paintings in ...
Page 71
The latter describes a rough semicircle round the city , the centre being the
Manikarnika well , the first place of pilgrimage , and the radius a distance of five
kôs , or about ten miles . The sacrificial virtue of Shiva ' s city is no doubt
enhanced by ...
The latter describes a rough semicircle round the city , the centre being the
Manikarnika well , the first place of pilgrimage , and the radius a distance of five
kôs , or about ten miles . The sacrificial virtue of Shiva ' s city is no doubt
enhanced by ...
Page 174
... idols placed in the verandahs round the quadrangle - - Hanuman , Ganesha ,
and Surya . A gaunt and wild - looking old man , nearly naked and tottering with
fatigue , crawls into the temple ANNAPURNA TEMPLE 175 quadrangle and
round ...
... idols placed in the verandahs round the quadrangle - - Hanuman , Ganesha ,
and Surya . A gaunt and wild - looking old man , nearly naked and tottering with
fatigue , crawls into the temple ANNAPURNA TEMPLE 175 quadrangle and
round ...
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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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