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 279
ngdh are, as mentionedalready, not particularly imposing; but the great gather-ing at Shalimdr is worth a visit; one reason, and not theleast, being the attractiveness of the extensive garden inwhich it is held, a remnant of the splendour of thespacious times of the Mogul emperors. Laid out in… … AT THE FAIR 211 water reflecting elegant pavilions and kiosks, andsupplied with artificial cascades and hundreds of foun-tains, this secluded spot, covering some eighty acres,enclosed within lofty walls, is an ideal pleasure garden. What it must have been in the luxurious past, when inits prime of…
Superstition · India -- Social life and customs · India -- Religion
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