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CHAPTEE XY.
Babna Sangam or Confluence of the Bama and Ganges. — Adkesav
Temple.—Bama Ghat.—Baj Ghat Fort: its use in 1857.—Bemains
of Buddhist Monastery.—Tank of Bhairo.—Lat or Pillar of Siva.—
Ancient Pillar.—Account of Disturbance in Benares when the pillar
was thrown down.—The Ghazeepore Boad.—Ancient Bridge over the
Barna.
Barna Sangam, so called from the confluence of the
river Barna with the Ganges, is a highly venerated
spot. To bathe in the uniting waters is regarded as a
very meritorious act, sufficient to wash away the trans-
gressions of a life-time. This Sangam is one of the
five celebrated places of pilgrimage on the banks of
the Ganges at Benares, and is, consequently, visited by
the crowds of pilgrims which, at certain seasons, pour
into the city. It also occupies an important place, as
intimated in the preceding chapter, in the pilgrimage
of the Panchkosi road. The pilgrims, having issued from
the city at the Asi Sangam, return to it by the Barna
Sangam; the former being its southern, and the latter
its north-eastern, boundary. Here they halt, to perform
the ceremonies prescribed for so sacred a place. Above
the steep bank are four temples, which the Government
has forbidden to be used. During the rebellion, they
were in the hands of a man of a seditious and tur-
bulent spirit, and were, consequently, seized by the
CHAPTEE XY.
Babna Sangam or Confluence of the Bama and Ganges. — Adkesav
Temple.—Bama Ghat.—Baj Ghat Fort: its use in 1857.—Bemains
of Buddhist Monastery.—Tank of Bhairo.—Lat or Pillar of Siva.—
Ancient Pillar.—Account of Disturbance in Benares when the pillar
was thrown down.—The Ghazeepore Boad.—Ancient Bridge over the
Barna.
Barna Sangam, so called from the confluence of the
river Barna with the Ganges, is a highly venerated
spot. To bathe in the uniting waters is regarded as a
very meritorious act, sufficient to wash away the trans-
gressions of a life-time. This Sangam is one of the
five celebrated places of pilgrimage on the banks of
the Ganges at Benares, and is, consequently, visited by
the crowds of pilgrims which, at certain seasons, pour
into the city. It also occupies an important place, as
intimated in the preceding chapter, in the pilgrimage
of the Panchkosi road. The pilgrims, having issued from
the city at the Asi Sangam, return to it by the Barna
Sangam; the former being its southern, and the latter
its north-eastern, boundary. Here they halt, to perform
the ceremonies prescribed for so sacred a place. Above
the steep bank are four temples, which the Government
has forbidden to be used. During the rebellion, they
were in the hands of a man of a seditious and tur-
bulent spirit, and were, consequently, seized by the