The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... temple of Bisheśwar is situated in the midst of a quadrangle , covered in with a roof , above which the tower of the temple is seen . At each corner is a dome , and , at the south - east corner , a temple sacred to S'iva . When observed ...
... temple of Bisheśwar is situated in the midst of a quadrangle , covered in with a roof , above which the tower of the temple is seen . At each corner is a dome , and , at the south - east corner , a temple sacred to S'iva . When observed ...
Page 51
... temple of Bisheswar , including the tower , is fifty- one feet in height . The space between the temples of Bisheswar and Mahadeva , beneath the dome , is used as a belfry ; and as many as nine bells are suspended in it . One is of ...
... temple of Bisheswar , including the tower , is fifty- one feet in height . The space between the temples of Bisheswar and Mahadeva , beneath the dome , is used as a belfry ; and as many as nine bells are suspended in it . One is of ...
Page 54
... temple of Bisheśwar , a priest took the idol of the temple and threw it down for safety . The natives visit this well in multitudes , and cast in water or flowers , and other offerings , as a sacrifice to the deity below . The compound ...
... temple of Bisheśwar , a priest took the idol of the temple and threw it down for safety . The natives visit this well in multitudes , and cast in water or flowers , and other offerings , as a sacrifice to the deity below . The compound ...
Page 55
... temple is surmounted by a large dome , the decaying condition of which is visible in the gaps on its outer surface , caused by the falling away of broad thick flakes of the cement of which it is composed . The temple below , however ...
... temple is surmounted by a large dome , the decaying condition of which is visible in the gaps on its outer surface , caused by the falling away of broad thick flakes of the cement of which it is composed . The temple below , however ...
Page 58
... 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 priests of the temple , too , receive offerings for the poor , in ...
... 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 priests of the temple , too , receive offerings for the poor , in ...
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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