Illustrations
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Volume I
1. Hindu temple of the god Siva 16
2. Hindu sculptures 26
3. Peasant’s hut 40
4. Group of religious mendicants 56
5. Drawing water from the village well 72
6. Gāyatri or sacred verse personified as a goddess 108
7. Image of the god Jagannāth, a form of Vishnu 118
8. The god Rāma, an incarnation of Vishnu, with attendant deities 144
9. Hindu bathing party 158
10. Pilgrims carrying Ganges water 184
11. A meeting of the Arya Samāj for investing boys with the sacred thread 202
12. Jain temples at Muktagiri, Betul 220
13. Jain ascetics with cloth before mouth and sweeping-brush 224
14. Jain gods in attitude of contemplation 228
15. Jain temple in Seoni 230
16. Kabīr 232
17. Beggar on artificial horse at the Muharram festival 248
18. Carrying the horse-shoe at the Muharram festival 252
19. Tāzia or tombs of Hussain at the Muharram festival 256
20. Famous Tāzia at Khandwa 260
21. Representing a tiger at the Muharram festival 272
22. Temple of Siva at Bāndakpur, near Damoh 302
23. Images of Siva and his consort Devi, or Pārvati, with the bull and tiger 304
24. Devotees, possessed, embracing each other, while supported on tridents, at Siva’s fair at Pachmarhi 306
25. Image of the prophet Swāmi Nārāyan in the Teli temple at Burhānpur 326
26. Images of Rāma, Lachman and Sīta, with attendants 330
27. Image of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, the consort of Vishnu, with attendant 332
28. Image of the boar incarnation of Vishnu 334
29. Bahrūpia impersonating the goddess Kāli 344
30. Dāsari religious mendicant with discus and conch-shell of Vishnu 406
Volume II
31. Aghori mendicant 14
32. Ahīrs decorated with cowries for the Stick Dance at Diwāli 18
33. Image of Krishna as Murlidhar or the flute-player, with attendant deities 28
34. Ahīr dancers in Diwāli costume 32
35. Pinjāra cleaning cotton 72
36. Baiga village, Bālāghāt District 88
37. Hindu mendicants with sect-marks 94
38. Anchorite sitting on iron nails 98