Cults, customs and superstitions of India. Rev. and enl. ed. With illus. from photographs and from drawings by William Campbell Oman (1908)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London T.F. Unwin · leaf 121
very clime is the most striking object in nature. As toZahir-Pir, I think we need not resolve him into an un-substantial solar myth ; but may without much scrupleadmit that the original of the extravagant legend givenin the preceding pages did really walk the earth in humanform, and was bruied at… … CHAPTER IV THE GOLDEN TEMPLE OF THE SIKHS Section I.—A Visit on theOccasion of theDiwALi Festival HE fertile religioussoil of India hasbeen productive ofmany interestingcreeds, amongstwhich that knownas Sikhism (the re-igion of the SiJchs)certainly holds avery important andin many respectsunique…
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