| Temples & Legends of Bengal |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE TEMPLES IN BURDWAN |
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represents the beads in a rosary, and these symbolize the letters in the Sanskrit
alphabet. The fifty letters counted from beginning to end and again the other way give us
the figure 100. To this is added "8" as representing the groups (a, ka, cha, ta,
tha, pa, ya, ca) into which the letters are arranged. There is yet one more bead called the meru or pole, which serves to separate the two terminal beads and which, by its peculiar shape, apprises the votary that the full tale of the beads has been told. Accordingly there is a 109 th temple standing outside the temple grounds, typifying the meru or the polar bead. It may be interesting to note that the word"aksha", which is a Sanskrit synonym of rosary, is acompound of the two letters "a" and "ksha" (respectively the first letter and the meru). Among the other temples in the grounds of the palace are a very fine one of a carved brickwork dedicated to Siva, two temples dedicated to Krishna, and several smaller ones erected and consecrated by the maid servants of the Raj." But some words are necessary regarding the temples and the
deities of the so-called lower castes of this area. The |
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