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THE PRESENT DURGAII. 05
The Durgah is a square building, entered
by flights of steps from the court-yard; the
banner of each person is conveyed through the
right entrance, opposite the platform, where
it is immediately presented to touch the re-
vered crest; this is only the work of a few
seconds; that party walks on, and moves out
to the left again into the court-yard; the next
follows in rapid succession, and so on till
all have performed this duty: by this ar-
rangement, confusion is obviated; and, in the
course of the day, perhaps forty or fifty thou-
sand banners may have touched the Emaum's
consecrated crest. On these occasions, the
vast population of Lucknow may be imagined
by the almost countless multitude, of every
rank, who visit this Durgah: there is no tax
levied on the people, but the sums collected
must be immense, since every one conscien-
tiously offers something, according to his incli-
nation or his means, out of pure respect to
the memory of Hosein.
The order of procession, appointed by each
noble proprietor of banners, to be consecrated
VOL. I. F
The Durgah is a square building, entered
by flights of steps from the court-yard; the
banner of each person is conveyed through the
right entrance, opposite the platform, where
it is immediately presented to touch the re-
vered crest; this is only the work of a few
seconds; that party walks on, and moves out
to the left again into the court-yard; the next
follows in rapid succession, and so on till
all have performed this duty: by this ar-
rangement, confusion is obviated; and, in the
course of the day, perhaps forty or fifty thou-
sand banners may have touched the Emaum's
consecrated crest. On these occasions, the
vast population of Lucknow may be imagined
by the almost countless multitude, of every
rank, who visit this Durgah: there is no tax
levied on the people, but the sums collected
must be immense, since every one conscien-
tiously offers something, according to his incli-
nation or his means, out of pure respect to
the memory of Hosein.
The order of procession, appointed by each
noble proprietor of banners, to be consecrated
VOL. I. F