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There are three such shrines at Dasāsamedh , which are yearly dug out of the
river mud . The superstructure of two of them has completely disappeared . In the
first there is a lingam with four heads on it , symbolizing the idea of Mahādeva , or
...
There are three such shrines at Dasāsamedh , which are yearly dug out of the
river mud . The superstructure of two of them has completely disappeared . In the
first there is a lingam with four heads on it , symbolizing the idea of Mahādeva , or
...
Page 145
THE SĀDHUS 145 monastery to monastery , and from shrine to shrinethrough
the country where Rāma and Sītā wandered ... They will visit the battle - field of
the Mahābhārata , and places made sacred by the Pāndava heroes , holy shrines
in ...
THE SĀDHUS 145 monastery to monastery , and from shrine to shrinethrough
the country where Rāma and Sītā wandered ... They will visit the battle - field of
the Mahābhārata , and places made sacred by the Pāndava heroes , holy shrines
in ...
Page 192
Embedded in one side of the portico are a few fragments of sculpture belonging
to a still older shrine . ... Round about the temple are picturesquely grouped
VILLAGE SHRINES 193 CA M . M lan lame several 192 BENARES , THE
SACRED ...
Embedded in one side of the portico are a few fragments of sculpture belonging
to a still older shrine . ... Round about the temple are picturesquely grouped
VILLAGE SHRINES 193 CA M . M lan lame several 192 BENARES , THE
SACRED ...
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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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