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NEW FAITHS 137
the fair Balarama, and their sister, Subhadra. Once a
year the idol is bathed and afterwards taken forth in a
great car, which is dragged by pious worshippers. Some
have considered it a meritorious act to commit suicide by
being crushed under its wheels.
It is believed that Vishnu will yet appear as Kalki,
riding on a white horse and grasping a flaming sword.
He will slay the enemies of evil and re-establish pure
religion. Many pious Vishnuites in our own day look
forward to the coming of their supreme deity with fear
and trembling, but not without inflexible faith.
the fair Balarama, and their sister, Subhadra. Once a
year the idol is bathed and afterwards taken forth in a
great car, which is dragged by pious worshippers. Some
have considered it a meritorious act to commit suicide by
being crushed under its wheels.
It is believed that Vishnu will yet appear as Kalki,
riding on a white horse and grasping a flaming sword.
He will slay the enemies of evil and re-establish pure
religion. Many pious Vishnuites in our own day look
forward to the coming of their supreme deity with fear
and trembling, but not without inflexible faith.