...the air-nymph Menaka, was persuaded, after long supplication, to shed her purifying influence upon the sinful earth. The icicle-studded cavern from which...along her banks, a whole mythology might be built up. Her estuary is not less sacred than her source. Sagar Island at her mouth is annually visited by a...

...are frequented by thousands of pilgrims from every Province of the peninsula. Even at the present day the six years' pilgrimage from the source to the mouth, and back again, known as Pradakshina, is performed by many ; and a few fanatical devotees may yet be seen wearily accomplishing this meritorious...

...the air-nymph Menaka, was persuaded, after long supplication, to shed her purifying influence upon the sinful earth. The icicle-studded cavern from which...along her banks, a whole mythology might be built up. Her estuary is not less sacred than her source. Sagar Island at her mouth is annually visited by a...

...frequented by thousands of pilgrims from every Province of the peninsula. Even at the present day, the six years' pilgrimage from the source to the mouth, and back again, known as Pradakshina, is performed by many ; and a few fanatical devotees may yet be seen wearily accomplishing this meritorious...

...the air-nymph Menaka, was persuaded, after long supplication, to shed her purifying influence upon the sinful earth. The icicle-studded cavern from which...her banks, a whole mythology might be built up. The southern offshoots of the Aryan race not only sanctified their southern rivers by a fabled connection...

...the air-nymph Menaka, was persuaded, after long supplication, to shed her purifying influence upon the sinful earth. The icicle-studded cavern from which...along her banks, a whole mythology might be built if p. The southern offshoots of the Aryan race not only sanctified their southern rivers by a fabled...

...queen, the airnymph Menaka, was persuaded, after long supplication, to shed her purifying influence upon the sinful earth. The icicle-studded cavern from which...her banks, a whole mythology might be built up. The southern offshoots of the Aryan race not only sanctified their southern rivers by a fabled connection...

...Hindoos. Thousands of pilgrims still flock to all the sacred places on its banks. Many still perform the six years' pilgrimage from the source to the mouth and back again, and a few measure their length at every step. All stain of sin is considered to be washed away by bathing...