India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . taff, and our guide pointed out the great doorsbehind which the festival cars were kept, and wesaw, too, wonderfully decorated life-sized images ofelephants and horses which formed part of the showon great occasions. There were two black andtwo white elephants, standing between the columns,under rather tawdry and tinselly canopies, and otherfurniture of the festivals ; one large hanging bearing-the words of welcome to the Prince and Princessof Wales, which must have been used for the occasionof their visit.
India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . taff, and our guide pointed out the great doorsbehind which the festival cars were kept, and wesaw, too, wonderfully decorated life-sized images ofelephants and horses which formed part of the showon great occasions. There were two black andtwo white elephants, standing between the columns,under rather tawdry and tinselly canopies, and otherfurniture of the festivals ; one large hanging bearing-the words of welcome to the Prince and Princessof Wales, which must have been used for the occasionof their visit. Various donors of parts of the temple werepointed out, in effigy. The Czar of Russia appeared(not however in person) as the donor of certainshrines and a brass canopy or arch which held manylamps. The practice of drawing the image of the god onfestival days through the streets on great cars seemsgeneral at all the chief temples in Southern India,and not confined to Juggernath. At Seringhamwe saw the great car on which the image of Sivawas drawn on such occasions, and also the thick.
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