BADRINATH  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village and celebrated See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple in See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• GARHWAL, or GURWAL

Garhwal See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces . It is situated on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Vishnuganga, a tributary of the Alaknanda See also:

• RIVER

river, in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of a valley nearly 4 M. in length and r in breadth . The village is small, containing only twenty or See also:

• THIRTY

thirty huts, in which reside the Brahmans and the attendants of the temple . This See also:

• BUILDING

building, which is considered a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of high sanctity, is by no means equal to its See also:

• GREAT

great celebrity . It is about 40 or 50 ft. in height, built in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone, with a small See also:

• CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

cupola, on the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of which is a gilt See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball and See also:

• SPIRE

spire, and contains the See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine of Badrinath, dedicated to an incarnation of See also:

• VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

Vishnu . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal idol is of See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone and is 3 ft. in height . Badrinath is a favourite resort of pilgrims from all parts of India . In See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary years the number varies from 7000 to ro,000; but every twelfth See also:

• YEAR

year, when the festival of Kumbhmela is celebrated, the concourse of persons is said to be 50,000 . In addition to the gifts of votaries, the temple enjoys a further source of See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue from the rents of villages assigned by former rajas . Successive temples have been shattered by avalanches, and the existing building is See also:

• MODERN

modern . It is situated among mountains rising 23,000 ft. above the level of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . See also:

• ELEVATION

Elevation of the site of the temple, 10,294 ft .