Chapter VI: Calcutta, Darjeeling, and Benares 57-64

Calcutta, the largest city of India, so named from
Kali, goddess-wife of Siva, the Destroyer 59

The temple of Kali, its priestesses and its worship,
an infamous illustration of Hinduism 59

The temple of the Jains represents Hinduism somewhat
reformed 60

The real glory of Calcutta is its relation to
modern missions 60

The work of William Carey, and his college and
tomb at Serampore 60

Our ride northward to Darjeeling, and our view of
the Himalayas 61

A temple of Tibetan Buddhists on our mount of
observation 61

Benares, the Mecca and Jerusalem of the Hindus 62

A hotbed of superstition and devotion 62

Its Golden Temple, its bathing ghats and burning
ghats on the sacred Ganges 62

Our voyage of inspection in the early morning 63

Thousands bathing and drinking in the same muddy
stream 63

Smallpox and plague in western lands traced back
to this putrid river 64

Some of the temples have toppled over, being built
on sand instead of rock 64