१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

CHAPTER VII
BENARES & ALLAHABAD
ABOUT four hundred and sixty miles from
Calcutta lies the ancient city of Benares, on the
banks of the sacred Ganges, shining in all her
historical glory. Benares is surely the queen of
all the cities that have been built by the side of
the cool, clear, and holy waters of the Bhagirathi.
The rows of houses mounting higher and higher from the
banks of the Ganges, the domes of tall temples with golden
steeples glittering in the sun, the thick rows of trees grace-
fully raising their heads to the sky, the grand harmony of
the innumerable bells sounded in the temples, and, above
all, the sacred temple of Vishweshvara, all these give a
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