The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 49
... hands , consisting of sugar , rice , ghee ( or clarified butter ) , grain , flowers , water , etc. One of the most beautiful of the flowers presented is the lotos , the form and colour of which bear some resemblance to those of a large ...
... hands , consisting of sugar , rice , ghee ( or clarified butter ) , grain , flowers , water , etc. One of the most beautiful of the flowers presented is the lotos , the form and colour of which bear some resemblance to those of a large ...
Page 54
... hand- some low - roofed colonnade , the stone pillars of which are in four rows , and are upwards of forty in number . The building is small , but has been designed and exe- cuted with considerable taste . It is of very recent date ...
... hand- some low - roofed colonnade , the stone pillars of which are in four rows , and are upwards of forty in number . The building is small , but has been designed and exe- cuted with considerable taste . It is of very recent date ...
Page 57
... its price is so high in Benares . On the ground in front of the entrance to the temple of Annpúrná , beggars are seated , during most of the day , some of whom have cups in their hands , into BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 57.
... its price is so high in Benares . On the ground in front of the entrance to the temple of Annpúrná , beggars are seated , during most of the day , some of whom have cups in their hands , into BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 57.
Page 58
... hands , into which the worshippers , as they go in and out of the temple , throw small quantities of grain or rice . Passing through the doorway into the quadrangle , a similar system of alms- giving and almstaking displays itself . The ...
... hands , into which the worshippers , as they go in and out of the temple , throw small quantities of grain or rice . Passing through the doorway into the quadrangle , a similar system of alms- giving and almstaking displays itself . The ...
Page 59
... hands , trunk , feet , ears , and poll , squatting down on the floor , which is raised a little above the pathway . The oddity of this painted monster would excite one's laughter , were the mind not distressed at the thought that it ...
... hands , trunk , feet , ears , and poll , squatting down on the floor , which is raised a little above the pathway . The oddity of this painted monster would excite one's laughter , were the mind not distressed at the thought that it ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship