 Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.  The countries of the world - Page 184by Robert Brown - 1876Full view - About this book
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...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a...peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from1 the sacred city into the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only ntotive which allured strangers... | |
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