...It would appear that Mahomcdans reside at Benares as well as Hindus, for Bishop Heber says : — " Fakirs' houses, as they are called, occur at every...instruments ; while religious mendicants of every Hindu sect, offering every conceivable deformity which chalk, cow-dung, disease, matted locks, distorted...

...fraternity was to be found. Bishop Heber, speaking of the sacred city of Benares, says : " Fakeers* houses occur at every turn, adorned with idols, and sending out an unceasing tinkling of discordant instruments ; while religious mendicants of every sect, offering every conceivable deformity,...

...fraternity was to be found. Bishop Heber, speaking of the sacred city of Benares, says : " Fakeera' houses occur at every turn, adorned with idols, and sending out an unceasing tinkling of discordant instruments ; while religious mendicants of every sect, offering every conceivable deformity,...

...fruiterer's or confectioner's shop, and snatching the food from the children at their meals. Faqueers' houses occur at every turn, adorned with idols, and sending out an unceasing tinkling of discordant instruments, while religious beggars of every Hindoo sect, offering every conceivable...

...kinds of Hindu devotees abound in the sacred city of Benares ; and Bishop Heber mentions, that there " fakirs' houses, as they are called, occur at every...discordant instruments, while religious mendicants of every Hindu sect, offering every conceivable deformity which chalk, cowdung, disease, matted locks, distorted...

...and projections of the temples, putting their impertinent hands or heads into every fruiterer's and confectioner's shop, and snatching the food from the children at their meals. Fakirs' houses, аз they are called, occur at every turn, adorned with idols, and sending out an unceasing tinkling...