Keystone 12515, Dilwara Temple, Mount Abu, India (reverse)
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Keep in mind that this text may reflect bigotries of a bygone age and may offend some readers.
Landing at Bombay and moving 400 miles to the north we are at Mount Abu, noted for the famous Dilwara temple. This one was built by two brothers 700 years ago. It si said to have taken 14 years and $10,000,000 to build. It is a Jain temple; the Jains are sometimes classified as a sect of Buddhists, but they were founded separately by a contemporary of Buddah. Their system is a philosophy rather than a religion, and like Buddhists they can scarcely be said to have a God. But the temple-building passion is with them and they have hundreds of the most costly sanctuaries.
The sculptures in the interior of this temple show the high water mark of the Hindu workers in marble. Fergusson, who is the standard on Indian architecture, is unstinted in his praise of the ornamental work of this temple. He says: "For innate delicacy of carving and beauty of detail it stands almost unrivalled even in the land of patient and lavish labor."
Northeast of Mount Abu, 423 miles by rail, is Agra, one of the superb capitals of the Grand Moguls. Its supreme glory is the Taj Mahal -- the lovliest gem on the bosom of Earth. Those who are favored of heaven to visit the matchless tomb personally understand the feelings of Lady Sleeman, who said she would willingly die tomorrow to have such a monument. From the gate, from the garden, from the Jumna River, by sunlight or monlight (sic), the Taj is glorious - an undying vision, an immortality.
As we are half way round the world, let us tarry a littlewhile at the Mogul Capital, before passing the Tartar cap- (unreadable)
Keystone 12515, Dilwara Temple, Mount Abu, India (reverse)
View source image.
Keep in mind that this text may reflect bigotries of a bygone age and may offend some readers.
Landing at Bombay and moving 400 miles to the north we are at Mount Abu, noted for the famous Dilwara temple. This one was built by two brothers 700 years ago. It si said to have taken 14 years and $10,000,000 to build. It is a Jain temple; the Jains are sometimes classified as a sect of Buddhists, but they were founded separately by a contemporary of Buddah. Their system is a philosophy rather than a religion, and like Buddhists they can scarcely be said to have a God. But the temple-building passion is with them and they have hundreds of the most costly sanctuaries.
The sculptures in the interior of this temple show the high water mark of the Hindu workers in marble. Fergusson, who is the standard on Indian architecture, is unstinted in his praise of the ornamental work of this temple. He says: "For innate delicacy of carving and beauty of detail it stands almost unrivalled even in the land of patient and lavish labor."
Northeast of Mount Abu, 423 miles by rail, is Agra, one of the superb capitals of the Grand Moguls. Its supreme glory is the Taj Mahal -- the lovliest gem on the bosom of Earth. Those who are favored of heaven to visit the matchless tomb personally understand the feelings of Lady Sleeman, who said she would willingly die tomorrow to have such a monument. From the gate, from the garden, from the Jumna River, by sunlight or monlight (sic), the Taj is glorious - an undying vision, an immortality.
As we are half way round the world, let us tarry a littlewhile at the Mogul Capital, before passing the Tartar cap- (unreadable)