Chapter 6 Calcutta, Darjeeling, and Benares 57-64

Calcutta, the largest city of India, so named from Kali, goddess-wife of Siva, the Destroyer 59

The temple of Kali, its priestesses and its worship, an infamous illustration of Hinduism 59

The temple of the Jains represents Hinduism somewhat reformed 60

The real glory of Calcutta is its relation to modern missions 60

The work of William Carey, and his college and tomb at Serampore 60

Our ride northward to Darjeeling, and our view of the Himalayas 61

A temple of Tibetan Buddhists on our mount of observation 61

Benares, the Mecca and Jerusalem of the Hindus 62

A hotbed of superstition and devotion 62

Its Golden Temple, its bathing ghats and burning ghats on the sacred Ganges 62

Our voyage of inspection in the early morning 63

Thousands bathing and drinking in the same muddy stream 63

Smallpox and plague in western lands traced back to this putrid river 64

Some of the temples have toppled over, being built on sand instead of rock 64