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Reciting the Sacred Texts at Benares


As comparatively few of the orthodox Hindus are able to read, they are dependent for a knowledge of the sacred texts on the pandits, or scholars, who choose suitable spots on the banks of the Ganges and there repeat the hallowed words to those that assemble about them to listen with devotion to their recitation.