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TEMPLES, TANKS, AND OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST. 71
are also parts of two small turrets and the remains
of the wall which connected them. These represent
the Mahommedan period. The two old gateways already
referred to probably belong to an earlier, and Hindu,
period.
The buildings connected with the Barna Sangam
belong to this plateau, and will be mentioned in the next
section.
14. Barnd Sangam.—Barna Sangam means " the
meeting of the Barna (with the Ganges)." The place is
supposed to possess great sanctity. It is too far from
the city to be much frequented, but at times great con-
courses of people assemble to observe some special
festival. Quite recently the rush of people was so great
at a bathing festival that some people were drowned.
The spot is important for the pilgrims on the Panchkosi
Road, as it is the last place on the return journey
before again entering Benares, and special ceremonies
have to be performed here.
High up on the bank above the river is a small group
of temples, whose reputation has probably somewhat
waned, and they fail to attract many worshippers except
at mela times, and then the chief attraction is the bath-
ing at the junction of the two rivers. There is a special
idol of Mahadeva, which, on account of the place, bears
the name of Sangameshwar. A somewhat unusual group-
ing of gods occurs here, there are gathered in one spot
images of all three members of the Hindu triad, Brahma,
Vishnu, Mahesh (i. e., Mahadeva). Four-faced images of
Brahma are found here and there but are by no means so
common as the other two, they are in fact, relatively,
rare. Brahmi in said to have possessed five heads
originally, but to have had one cut off by Shiva.
15. Ldt Bhairo.—This is on the outer road on the
way back to Benares from Barna Sangam, on the
are also parts of two small turrets and the remains
of the wall which connected them. These represent
the Mahommedan period. The two old gateways already
referred to probably belong to an earlier, and Hindu,
period.
The buildings connected with the Barna Sangam
belong to this plateau, and will be mentioned in the next
section.
14. Barnd Sangam.—Barna Sangam means " the
meeting of the Barna (with the Ganges)." The place is
supposed to possess great sanctity. It is too far from
the city to be much frequented, but at times great con-
courses of people assemble to observe some special
festival. Quite recently the rush of people was so great
at a bathing festival that some people were drowned.
The spot is important for the pilgrims on the Panchkosi
Road, as it is the last place on the return journey
before again entering Benares, and special ceremonies
have to be performed here.
High up on the bank above the river is a small group
of temples, whose reputation has probably somewhat
waned, and they fail to attract many worshippers except
at mela times, and then the chief attraction is the bath-
ing at the junction of the two rivers. There is a special
idol of Mahadeva, which, on account of the place, bears
the name of Sangameshwar. A somewhat unusual group-
ing of gods occurs here, there are gathered in one spot
images of all three members of the Hindu triad, Brahma,
Vishnu, Mahesh (i. e., Mahadeva). Four-faced images of
Brahma are found here and there but are by no means so
common as the other two, they are in fact, relatively,
rare. Brahmi in said to have possessed five heads
originally, but to have had one cut off by Shiva.
15. Ldt Bhairo.—This is on the outer road on the
way back to Benares from Barna Sangam, on the