Greaves, Edwin: Kashi the city illustrious or Benares (Allahabad, 1909)

CHAPTER IV.

TEMPLES, TANKS, AND OTHER
PLACES OF INTEREST.

THIS chapter is commenced with fear and trembling,
for it seems difficult to tell where it may end.
Benares teems with places of interest and there
appears no special reason why this chapter should not
ramble on for a hundred pages or so. Much that is
really interesting in Benares must pass unnoticed.

It may perhaps be well to group the places somewhat
according to locality. This will make it possible for a
visitor to take a group at a time, or he may take special
ones from different groups and see as many of these as
possible in the time at his disposal. No attempt is made
to map out time, as so much depends in this matter
on the observer. Some people "do " Benares in a day,
others "get a peep at it" in two or three days. In an
old guide book an interesting morning's programme was
sketched out, and then the remark made " the visitor will
return to the hotel to a late breakfast." Late breakfast
forsooth ! Should the visitor have gone through the pro-
gramme laid down for him he might be thankful if the
supper were not cleared away at the hotel.