 The distance from the temple to the country-house is less than a mile ; but the wheels sink deep into the sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows....  The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Page 317by William Wilson Hunter - 1886 - 430 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wilson Hunter - British - 1872 - 380 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...divisions, who generally manage to live at free quarters in Purf during the festival. Once arrived at the country-house, the enthusiasm subsides. The pilgrims... | |
 | 1873 - 526 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...flags before the garden-house is reached, and the can, deserted by the devotees, are dragged along by the professional pullers with deep-drawn grunts... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1873 - 876 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...pullers with deep-drawn grunts and groans. These men, four thousand two hundred in number, are peasants from the neighbouring fiscal divisions, who generally... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1873 - 826 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...pullers with deep-drawn grunts and groans. These men, four thousand two hundred in number, are peasants from the neighboring fiscal divisions, who generally... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - Bengal (India) - 1877 - 364 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...Divisions, who generally manage to live at free quarters in Puri during the festival. Once arrived at the country-house, the enthusiasm subsides. The pilgrims... | |
 | Sir Monier Monier-Williams - India - 1878 - 256 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...Divisions, who generally manage to live at free quarters in Puri during the festival. . 'Once arrived at the country-house, the enthusiasm subsides. The pilgrims... | |
 | Sir Monier Monier-Williams - India - 1879 - 452 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...the garden-house is reached ; and the cars, deserted 1 Ia twenty volumes, just published by Messrs. Triibner and Co. by the devotees, are dragged along... | |
 | Sir Monier Monier-Williams - India - 1891 - 382 pages
...sand, and the journey takes several days. After hours of severe toil and wild excitement in the July tropical sun, a reaction necessarily follows. The...the garden-house is reached ; and the cars, deserted 1 In twenty volumes, just published by Messrs. Triibner and Co. by the devotees, are dragged along... | |
 | Asian Educ Service - Religion - 1988 - 110 pages
...house is less than a mile ; but the wheels sink deep into the sand, and the journey takes several days. The zeal of the pilgrims flags before the garden-house...cars, deserted by the devotees, are dragged along by 4,200 professional pullers. THE CAB FESTIVAL AT PURI. Pilgrims. — There are large numbers of men,... | |
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