The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-10
The Juagerpaut Sniurnniia Ia India.

Calcutta correspondent OF the London TINES
iuru sizes interesting details Of the observance vi
tue two grea, festivals Of Juggernaut that are 81
widely celebrated in India. They commenced on
the 10Th .; June, and continued several weeks.
On the 10Th. the priests brought the god to the
river ~ he bsthcl, aud TWO weeks afterwards con-
Quoted him To his home amid the widest orgieS
that mus; dispel forever the delusion that the Hin
docs are abandoning the practice vi imnIoatne
themselves under the ni Juggcrnaut. After
the bathing process which partco Of the character
VI farce, tie grand ceremony cons i,ed in placing
she idol the and hauling II back ~ the TEN.
pie The scene In thus described:
The crowd seemed infinitely more dense than I
had even been onthe former occasion, and all along
the road were booths filed with swcstincats, hide.
| Gus MASKS, trumpcry Birmingham ware and images
| of Jugsornaut, kr shnl, nud the other dct,cs OF
| the Ii ndoo mythology. II was bafhnrous copy
| u "A country fair. There were whistles aud tom
TOMS she-iish smelling horribly ia the sun, hue
| .Hck' nut, some dnnaycd Pine pp.c~ and here
| aud there rudcy coutg.yed merry -go-rouud,"
| with stout babJo3 enjoying the sport which that
machine is capable Of furnishing. There were
match girls hideously ugly, chanting their drawl-
ng, mouctonous strains to the music o! Old I'D.
| die and tom-tom. The centre of attraction were
| the two JuygcrnAut cars. These nge immense
numbering Of wood, about so zee, In height.
| carved into all sorts Of angles, and decorated on
every square inch with figures OF the Getics They
arc constructed in four stories, NJ to speak, aud
upon each OF those q crowd of Brahmins and their
irlonus were collected. Larye idols placed al
each corner aud two ropes vi great length were nt-
tGcAcd 10 tue front OF the cur. They moved upon
SIX heavy Wheels and tie entire weight OF
the ponicrous fabric must have been enormous
| II was not until four IN the afternoon that b 4
| gong was beaten on the topmost division Of the
FIRST car. and with great shout Jnggernaut him
self swHtlc ed IN red cloth, was brought to the spot
/ A faAt.F ..st 40 wt.I q -.
t.on ne was boiled from stage " stage by the Brah.
ulns-for By himself the god seemed rather help
| less. ILey dragged him up anu uncovered hun
| aud the crowd silaamcd 10 HIM N Their usual
| fashion. huge ugly thing he was with enormous
| eyes pa,ntcd tlacs vita broad VII 10 rim around
| them. Then another god WAS brought, and holsied
| up in the same way, but to lover DYSON, and 10
| on till all were fun. The crowd Ineauw bile KEEP,
| throwing rnrands and donations to the Brahrn MS
dirty, communicating men, with nothing what
| ever to dlstiu.,u sh them IRON the common mass
exlcp, the white Bsahminical thread over their
shoulders. When the gods were all IN their places
| two large wooden horses were brough. out o!.c
lluc and the other white, each with q thick tail
sticking up at an angle o. ninety cyrees. These
gay steeds were fastened ~ the car and Brahin.u
stood upon the back Vi each. holding by rope.
| At th.s time the scene was extraordinary. The
road ITSELF was quite impissablc tor the crowds Of
people, whose oily bodies and dirty WAYS did not
| improve the flavor of the heated atmosphere. Far
| as The eye could rca.h this tbroas extended, and
| when a thousand gOnys were se; beating, ind the
| Brahmins called upon the people, athrill .. wild
| excitement ran through This enormous living
mass. The ropes were fxed and mllti,udes
| rushed to them, eager for the honor of pulling
their deity along. On tho car itself therc could
scarcely have been less than 200 men. Perhaps
| there were one thousand pulling at the ropes but
| they pulled tor long time III VAN. The car had
| been in one place tor whole year, and had
| made deep hole for itsei by its great weight
Again and again the BrAhuIns shouted and res.
ticulatcd, Laughing among themselves. AT las,
the mob happened TO pull together Instead Of
| one after thc other, and the huge mass moved
forward few yards, groanlng as II it had boon a
living creature. IL stopped, aud tor a few minutes
| the crowd stood IN Almost perfect silence. Thea
| the Brahmins gave the signal, and tbs time il
crushed out lie W I'll every revolution OF its hide
| GUS wheels covered ~ they were with human flesh
| and gore. The vast multitude seemed suddenly
possessed with tit of derium. They fought aud
| struggled with each other to get near the car
which had stopped as II by magic They stopped
down and peerei beneath It's wheels, and rose With
| scared faces to tell their friends OF tue SIGHT
made my way to the bGol; the car, and their say
| upon the ground very Cd woman, all wriukled
| aud pucEercd up, with scarcely lineamoit of her
face recognizable Tor llood und dust Her rigbt
| loot WAS hanging by thread, the wheels A.d pass
ed over the center Of her nearly naked body, .nd
IA faint quivcr OF anguish ran through her nearly
naked frame as she seemed TO struggle to rise NJ,
one In the crowd offered to move her, or raise Ter
miserable gray head from the ground, but tb.v
stood looking on with vacant stares while ,he
Brahmns from the car pazei dow
| with much uni oncern as could well I've
written on "a human mum, eoun'ensnce. Tho
| under the ear and when looked beneath n sr.,n
ed US II the wheels wore cLoked with dusky bodies
| Two or three chokediIs here made their appear
ance aud compelled t's crowd to move back. Upon
getting closer TO the wheels saw that one OF ten
| WAS half over tho body OF man, and that IL had
crushed out his bowelS aud fastened itself Ile
some unsuitable monster IN his blood. Close by
him mere 'ss sa''asF man srusssd v dsash-hs