PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE.— No country could present a more vivid or interesting spectacle than does the City of Hurdwar when the sacred festival is held there, and mass bathing takes place in the River Canges. These pilgrims in the picture arc enjoying themselves, for their religious ceremonies mingle with all kinds of amusements, and while the pilgrims enter heartily into the solemnity of the occasion they enjoy a social holiday
Photos—lndian Govt. Railways
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21090, 16 July 1938, Page 9
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73PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE.—No country could present a more vivid or interesting spectacle than does the City of Hurdwar when the sacred festival is held there, and mass bathing takes place in the River Canges. These pilgrims in the picture arc enjoying themselves, for their religious ceremonies mingle with all kinds of amusements, and while the pilgrims enter heartily into the solemnity of the occasion they enjoy a social holiday Photos—lndian Govt. Railways Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21090, 16 July 1938, Page 9
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