Category: Travel Writing
The whole of the Scenes of the Diorama have been arranged by Lieutenant Colonel LUARD, from his own original and unpublished sketches, taken during a residence of fourteen years in India; aided by the kindness of friends, who have placed at his disposal the original sketches of
A group of natives, attendants on the elephants, are sitting round a fire, baking the large cakes that form the repast of these animals, added to a small dinner of half a _pīpul...
2. Part 2The scene now represents the interior of the building during the celebration of the festival of the _Dūrga-pūjā_, or _Dasera_, held in honour of the goddess Dūrga, and the perfo...
6. Part 6After having bathed in the river, the widow lighted a brand, walked round the pile, set it on fire, and then mounted cheerfully: the flame caught and blazed up instantly; she sa...
1. Part 1The whole of the Scenes of the Diorama have been arranged by Lieutenant Colonel LUARD, from his own original and unpublished sketches, taken during a residence of fourteen years...
4. Part 4The appearance of Benares, from the Ganges, is very beautiful. It is covered with buildings to the water’s edge: the architecture of some is Hindū, of others Muhammadan; many of...
5. Part 5On another bamboo is displayed the _trisūl_ or trident of Mahadēo, and a small double-headed hand-drum, shaped like an hour-glass, called _damaru_, used by _Fakīrs_; and in fron...