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halla or ward, near the temple of the same name, every
Sunday in the month of Sawan. In one of the nu-
merous courts of the temple is a well in which is a
mineral spring, an account of which, written by Mr.
James Prinsep, is found in the Asiatic Researches. The
reason assigned by the Hindus for the medicinal virtues
of the well is curious. It is said that Dhanwantari,
a great Hindu physician of antiquity, threw his medi-
cine bag into the spring; hence the healing virtues
which it is believed to have acquired. The water is
used by the natives both for bathing and drinking,
as a remedy for diseases of all kinds, but especially
for those affecting the skin. Near the well is a reser-
voir, a few feet deep, of dirty and refuse water, called
Amrit Kund or Well of Immortality. This is also
held to be of great virtue in removing cutaneous dis-
eases of a contagious character, and likewise leprosy.
Sick persons, first of all, bathe in the filthy water of
this reservoir, and afterwards wash their bodies with
the water of the well.
14. The Durga Mela, held at Durga. Kund or Tank,
every Tuesday in Sawaa. Durga Kund and the temple
being in the suburbs of .the city, with many spacious
gardens in their vicinity, the people avail themselves
of this meld, which occurs at the commencement of
the rainy season, to visit the gardens and enjoy them-
selves. Upwards of thirty thousand persons are present
on the last Tuesday of the month.
15. The Fatima Mela, held at the Dargah of Fatima,
every Thursday in Sawan. The Mohammedans have
instituted this festival in imitation of the Hindus.
halla or ward, near the temple of the same name, every
Sunday in the month of Sawan. In one of the nu-
merous courts of the temple is a well in which is a
mineral spring, an account of which, written by Mr.
James Prinsep, is found in the Asiatic Researches. The
reason assigned by the Hindus for the medicinal virtues
of the well is curious. It is said that Dhanwantari,
a great Hindu physician of antiquity, threw his medi-
cine bag into the spring; hence the healing virtues
which it is believed to have acquired. The water is
used by the natives both for bathing and drinking,
as a remedy for diseases of all kinds, but especially
for those affecting the skin. Near the well is a reser-
voir, a few feet deep, of dirty and refuse water, called
Amrit Kund or Well of Immortality. This is also
held to be of great virtue in removing cutaneous dis-
eases of a contagious character, and likewise leprosy.
Sick persons, first of all, bathe in the filthy water of
this reservoir, and afterwards wash their bodies with
the water of the well.
14. The Durga Mela, held at Durga. Kund or Tank,
every Tuesday in Sawaa. Durga Kund and the temple
being in the suburbs of .the city, with many spacious
gardens in their vicinity, the people avail themselves
of this meld, which occurs at the commencement of
the rainy season, to visit the gardens and enjoy them-
selves. Upwards of thirty thousand persons are present
on the last Tuesday of the month.
15. The Fatima Mela, held at the Dargah of Fatima,
every Thursday in Sawan. The Mohammedans have
instituted this festival in imitation of the Hindus.