The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-07-11
D0[S0F THE HlNO0OS
There Are Hundreds OF Millions
OF Them In India.
THE FAME OF JueoERaau1,
This idol Has Been wsrshipsd About
T~p Thousand Ysarts and Hls Ma
tioaal TsmpIe h on the Sands q
Pu4--Ths Three Monster Cars.

hrsE remark that would spring from
my fps would be- 1T Is a land O,
Idols 1t would be impossible 20 com.
pute the number OF idols that there
must DO at the present time 81 India
Tho Hindoos pretend TO have 333, 600
600 gods, and these are represented by
innumerable idols. so that we are quite
bewildered with the thought Of taking
the census OF the idols OF India. The
population OF the whole Indian empire
Is now about 3O0OOO.0OO, and possibly
the country contains ten times as many
Idols as people.
Benares Is the great center OF the
idol making business. though IA all
parts OF india the trade nourlsheS.
Potters the day through may be seen
In the sacred city molding images OF
clay for temporary use. Sculptors also
may be found producing representa-
lives OF the gods ia stone or marble.
Carpenters. moreover, make great
wooden idols for the temples, and
workers In metal goldsmiths. copper.
smiths and brass workers-turn out
moro or less highly finished specimens
In their respective metals.
When speaking OF idols 1t should be
borne IN mind that the images turned
out lay the potter, sculptor. carver OF
manufactures are not considered sa.
cred or fit TO be worshiped until Ger.
tain mystic words have been uttered
over them by a priest The ceremony
of the giving OF life" as II is called,
To the image Is very solemn affair,
and when IL Is done the idol is regard.
ed as holy and must ever afterward be
approached and treated with the ut.
rrlSi reverence.
Ort OF the many millions OF 80 called
S,ds IN India. all OF whom are counted
worthy OF worship. three are regarded
as specially sacred and form the Hin.
doc triad or trinity. They are re-
a9Stiyely Bahma, Vishnu and silva.
or those II Is stated the second per.
son of the trinity only has been rep.
resented on this earth by human I'm.
carnations. Through one or all OF these
gods the Hindoos believe they may OBJ
tain salvation. Brahma represents the
way OF salvation by wisdom. vishnu
by faith and silva by works. 1t il
inmaterial which method Is adopted.
as they all lead TO the same goal.
Juggernaut Is perhaps the most IA
nous name among all the Hindoo Idols.
inasmuch as his fame has gone forth
into every land His temple is situat-
ed on the sandy shores OF Orissa, wash.
ed by the Wild waves Of the bay Of
Bengal. The worship OF Juggernaut
dates back nearly 1000 yearA and
Orissa has been the holy lana <hhe
Hindoos from that time till the Iifeeeht
day.
Sir William Hunter, who was one OF
the greatest authorities on things East
Indian. says In a wonderfully graphic
description OF the temple OF Jugger-
naut: ''On the inhospitable sands OF
Puri. a place OF swamps and inunda-
tions. the Hindoo religion and Hindoo
approximation have stood at bay for
eighteen centuries against the world.
Here is the national temple whittier
the people flock 10 worship from every
pcostDoo OF India. There IL the gate
Of benpen whittier thousands OF pill
grtDc come to die lulled TO this last
sleep b9 the roar OF the eternal ocean"
Wen, saw on one occasion that
marvesous sight. the dragging OF Jug
gesnaurs car and the cars OF his
are inseparabIe. and ugly things they
arc. being nothing but huge logs OF
wood coarseiy fashioned into human
shape, bat without arms or legs.
yuggwnauts car stands forty-one
fect high and has fourteen enormous
wheels. The other two cars are Just
a little smaller. The great cars have
10 be Dragged certain distance
a mile or moro from the temple-and
The god will not allow horses or ele-
plants TO undertake the work. but |
cnils upon his faithful worshipers 20 |
do it themselves. Immense ropes. or. |
rathen, cables, are attached 20 the cars. !
and mt tho word OF command from the |
priests thousands OF men and even |
women and children rush forward and !
eei1e the ropes and range themselves
In w5e~ and the next moment are |
stnhninx and pulling at the cumber-
SOHO conveyances. which a. length
move with a heavy. cracking noise.
Nc~rr shall forget the sight. The
scad v~s filed with tens OF thousands
Of loohs>s-on, all Wild with excitement.
and The fanatics VINO held the ropes
wu~s dragging the cars along with
fSnMicd zeal. EVERY now and then
thexs wcuh be stop that the men
nSAeft rvt. supposed. but instead OF
ru~ffng fbey took 70 jumping In the
afr md 20 whlrling themselves around
fIne dancing dervishes and shouting
at tho top OF their breath: Victory
yfrtory 10 JuggernautF'
Once on a time infatuated worship
ers would throw themselves under the
wheels Of the mighty car that they
might b. crushed 20 death. counting X
n privilege and a Joy thus 70 perish
Some might do Il today II the paternal
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