The Great Temples of India, Ceylon, and BurmaAsian Educational Services, 1988 - 96 sider Mostly on Hindu temples in India, and Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka and Burma. |
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afterwards Ananda Asoka bath Benares body Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building built Burma Burmese called capital carved cave temples centre century Ceylon Chaitya Christian cloth contains dagaba death deva dress Durga earth elephants enclosure erected excavated father feet high feet in height feet long festival foot four Ganges Gautama Gaya goddess gods gopuras guru Gwalior hair hall head heaven hill Hindu Hindu temples holy honour idols image of Buddha Jagannath Jain Jain temples king Krishna lakhs large number living Lord Madura Mahāvīra Māra merit miles monasteries monks mountain Muttra Narbada Neminath offerings Orissa ornamented pagoda Pārvatī pilgrims pillars priests prince principal Puri Rāja relic religion rice river rock roof round sacred Sanghamitta Sarnath says sculptures shrine side Sikhs Sinhalese sins Siva square stands stone storeys suffering supposed Svetambaras tank Thou Tirupati tooth town Vishnu walls women worship Yasoda yojanas