An account, geographical, statistical and historical of Orissa proper, or Cuttack, Page 11822 - Cuttack (India) - 176 pages |
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Page 4 - India is the noblest ; and of all the countries of India Utkala boasts the highest. renown. From end to end it is one vast region of pilgrimage. Its happy inhabitants live secure of a reception into the world of spirits ; and even those who visit it, and bathe in its sacred rivers, obtain remission of their sins, though they may weigh like mountains.
Page 170 - The skill and labour of the best artists seem to have been reserved for the finely polished slabs of chlorite, which line and decorate the outer faces of the doorways. The whole of the sculpture on these figures, comprising men and animals, foliage and arabesque patterns, is executed with a degree of taste, propriety and freedom, which would stand a comparison with some of our best specimens of Gothic architectural ornament. The workmanship remains, too, as perfect as if it had just come from under...
Page 57 - government of Cutch is that of a pure aristocracy, in which " the power is vested in a variety of chiefs, on their respective ." territories, which bear a strong resemblance to feudal baronies. " These chiefs have a head, who is entitled rao, to whom they " owe the duty of military service, with their relations and fol" lowers when called upon. In like manner, the principal chiefs " are the heads, or teelats, as they are called, of their own fami...
Page 147 - ... surmounted by an iron spike, to which pendants are attached on occasions of ceremony. The best illustration that can be given of the shape and appearance of the generality of these towers, is to compare them to a medicine phial or comfit bottle with the stopper inserted, though the comparison does not do justice to the picturesque effect of the grand and massive building which I am now describing. From each face of the sanctuary, at different degrees of elevation, a huge monster projects to a...
Page 160 - In this way, the monstrous idols go rocking and pitching along through the crowd, until they reach the cars which they are made to ascend by a similar process up an inclined platform reaching from the stage of the machine to the ground.
Page 164 - The black Pagoda even in its present imperfect and dilapidated condition, presents a highly curious and beautiful specimen of the ancient Hindu temple architecture, and as it has long been completely deserted, we may here study at leisure and without interruption, some of the most striking peculiarities of that style. The deity of the place is called by the vulgar Sooruj Deo...
Page 8 - Molunghees, is thrown into cylindrical receptacles of earth, having a vent underneath, and a false bottom made of twigs and straw. The strongly impregnated brine filtering through the grass, &c. is carried by a channel dug in the ground to a spot at hand surrounded with an enclosure of mats, in the centre of which a number of oblong earthen pots, generally about 200, are cemented together by mud into the form of a dome, under which is a fire-place or oven.
Page 154 - Puri, of great wealth, and influence. Some ingenious speculations have been hazarded upon the origin and meaning of the worship of Jagannath and the causes of the peculiar sanctity of the place, but amidst the conflicting and contradictory legends and traditions which prevail, it seems scarcely possible to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion on the subject. The accounts given in the writings of the Hindus, more especially the Kapila Sanhita and the Khetr...
Page 31 - The town of that name is calculated to contain 5,741 houses. Every span of it is holy ground, and the whole of the land is held free of rent, on the tenure of performing certain services in and about the temple. The principal street is composed almost entirely of Mutes, or religious establishments, built of masonry, with low pillared verandas, interspersed with trees.