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xii BENARES, THE SACRED CITY

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Dasasamedh Ghat ---------- 107

The Temple of Sitala - - - - - - - - -114

A Sanskrit School - - - -.....-116

Carved Snakes at Chauki Ghat -......118

An Aghori ----------- 120

A Suttee Stone.........- 121

" Another venerable hermit, seated on a leopard's skin;' - - - 123

Shivala Ghat...........127

Balcony of Man Singh's Observatory - - - - - - 129

The Nepalese Temple.........131

The Shrine of Ganga - -...... 133

" Groups of women . . . are performing puja" - 135

" Like a painted frieze from Pompeii, or the decoration of an antique

vase" ----------- 139

Scindhia Ghat......-... 141

An Encampment of Sadhus.......- 145

The Buildings at Ghosla Ghat - - - . - - - - 147

The Head of Bhima --------- 148

Bhima completed -----..... 149

Lamps for the Pitris - - - - - - - - -H51

Lamp-stand at Panchganga........ 152

" Three old women, who pause to barter with a seller of pots and
pans, unconsciously posing themselves in their classic drapery
like the Fates, or the Weird Sisters" - - - - 153

PalhvadGhat.....----- 156

A Vaishnavite Nun reading the Ramayana - - - - 157

The Salagram Stone ---------161

Plan of Hindu Roofing --------- 162

The Temple of Durga, or " Monkey Temple"- ... - 163

Durga.......-..-.- 167

Mask of Shiva........- - 169

In the Ahmety Temple: a Brahmin performing his sandhya - - 170

The Ahmety Temple - - -..... 171

A Sacrificial Spoon.....----- 175

The Temple at Ramnagar.....- - -178

Mask of Bhaironath ... .....170,
 
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