Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-25
THE cow TEMPLE FILLED WITH ANIMALS HOLY TO SILVA

see through the doorway, however
The court was filled with people from
all over India. They were of an classes,
some clad i'm rich dresses and others
In rags. They were from city and
country. from all parts from the Him
alayas In Nepal and from south Him
dustan.
Connected with this temple is a court
yard containing n well. the water of
which is 20 holy that he who drinks II
will go up to heaven. The water is
ladled out by priests 70 the pilgrims.
who throw flowers and other things
down into the well as their offerings
These rot and make the contents
nlthy and putrld. n smells like bad
eggs but II Is bought by the cupful
and Euiped down with the lps smack
ing when the Mohammod8us once
tried to take Ben0rcs II is said that one
NJ the stone gods Of the Brahmins
Jumped into this we'll
WITH THE SACRED BULLS
Not FAR from the Golden temple Is
the Cow temple. filled with animals,
holy 90 SILVA. This Is moro like a
stable than a church. Imagine
court the size ~ tho ordinary barnyard
with q bandstand In the center. Let
the court be walled around with great
stalls, In which q hundred sacred bulls
stand. IleN are WUltt ana bNNf-fi''-
ored and as clepn-lmbed az n Jersey.
They have great humps on their backs.
and their ears hang down Ike those
~ rabbit They are as fat as but
ter and fattcr by far than the lean
pilgrims. who honey about them. Civ
ing them food, Here and there
through the courtyard a bull or COW
moves. munching flowers ana grass
handed to II by the pilgrims.
-, hn alff
I'm front ~ tho god and bite ut n wreath
" flowers upon "a worshipe.r's neck.
The Hindoo thought this a favor ~
the gods and ho brought Gaugcs water
and gave II to the bull
l saw one pretty girl huggins bull
She was a slender brown maiden whose
form, worthy To be d model for Venus
WAS clad in a single strip OF dark navy
blue cotton. She had a red cashmere
shawl around her head. which hid all
but the great black eyes. Her hands
and arms were bare and iu the former
she held "a garland Of bright yellow
flowers, one yard in length. She brought
this to the biggest and most bcuuu-
ful bun tn the stables, and chanted
prayer as she handed It 10 him. The
doVc-colOred beast ate the flowers and
as he did So she threw her arms
around his neck and gave him a hug.
IL made me think ~ Apis, the bull or
Memphis, who WAS worshipcd by the
Egyptians. and also the fair To, whom
Juno turned into COW because Of the
nirtations Of Jupiter.
These sacred cows and bulls are To-
BE- seen everywhere. They are boVinr
gentlemen and ladies Of leisure who
go about staring into the shops and
crowdiug human beings out OF the way.
Now and then they visit a fruit stand
or vegetable sellers and take bite ~
such food as they fancy The people
do not strike them or ill-treat them IN
any way They will not cat beef and
To- slaughter cattle would not only lose
them their caste In this world. but
doom Thorn 20 punishment for all time
to come.
outside the Golden temple stood men
peldliug flowers Cor the bulls. and also
necklaces, auklcts and other jcweiry for
women and men. There We're "a score
of bcggurs. and the lam . halt and blind
were ioSu'l boy tho bulls and COWS
one poor fellow. AN skin ana bones ana
naked except for brooch cloth. had
lost his arms 9t the hiceps, and ~
yvaggei the red stumTs az mo 1s ne
nodded his head 10 the brpss plate ON
his knee lie was delishtat W-h tho
ono. fourth OF cent which J gave HIM
on THE HOLY CANOES
Pcnarer is holy largely hc-auso 81 lies /
ON the Gangcs- That river is more 70 ne .
Indian than the Jordan Is 60 tho Chris I
titan II a Hindoo pruys within iOl /
miles ~ It's banks that prayer viii wipe Z
ut the sins OF three past r.n'rltionf. .
and m he has his head shaved he viii Z
have 900 900 years IN Paradise for every .
hair that floats or on the SIRE. In. Bath ]
ing In the Gangcs washes m sin, and .
This H. go from It's source, whore the :
river flows out ~ the toe of the god ]
Vishnu. high up In the Hinalavas. To- !
where II onpties at last H. the Bay OF Z
: gal
There are hundreds ~ places alonF |
the Gangos which are especially h"iy I
r wo hundred thousand pilgrims annu- /
ally visit the mouth of ME river. aud /
saw thousands bathing in II at Cal \